Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܪ (q-ṭ-r) related to condensing. Compare Arabic قطر.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [q(ə)tˤirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [q(ə)tˤire(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܩܛܝܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܛܝܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܩܛܝܪܬܐ)

  1. congealed, coagulated

Inflection

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Noun

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ܩܛܝܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܛܝܪܐ)

  1. compulsion, necessity, constraint
  2. coercion, force, power
  3. violence, ferocity
  4. blow, box, strike

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References

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  • qṭyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 318a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 500b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1351a-b