ܩܝܬܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic קיתרא, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Compare Latin cithara, Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), and Hebrew צִיתָר (ṣîṯār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qiθɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qiθɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܝܬܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܝܬܪܐ)

1. (music) any stringed musical instrument (cithara, cittern, lyre, harp, etc.)

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܝܬܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܝܬܪ	ܩܝܬܪܝܢ
construct	ܩܝܬܪ	ܩܝܬܪܝ
emphatic	ܩܝܬܪܐ	ܩܝܬܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܝܬܪܝ	ܩܝܬܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܝܬܪܟ	ܩܝܬܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܝܬܪܟܝ	ܩܝܬܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܝܬܪܗ	ܩܝܬܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܝܬܪܗ	ܩܝܬܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܝܬܪܢ	ܩܝܬܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܝܬܪܟܘܢ	ܩܝܬܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܝܬܪܟܝܢ	ܩܝܬܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܝܬܪܗܘܢ	ܩܝܬܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܝܬܪܗܝܢ	ܩܝܬܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qytr”, 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. 319a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 505a
• 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. 1366b