ܩܠܝܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܩܠܝܕܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλεῖδα (kleîda), accusative singular form of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂us (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Compare Arabic إِقْلِيد (ʔiqlīd), Hebrew קְלִיד (qəlîḏ), Persian کلید (kelid), and Turkish kilit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)liðɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)liðe] (plural)

Noun

ܩܠܝܕܐ • (qlīḏā) m (plural ܩܠܝܕܐ)

1. key
2. clasp, buckle
3. (anatomy) collarbone, clavicle

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܠܝܕܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܠܝܕ	ܩܠܝܕܝܢ
construct	ܩܠܝܕ	ܩܠܝܕܝ
emphatic	ܩܠܝܕܐ	ܩܠܝܕܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܠܝܕܝ	ܩܠܝܕܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܠܝܕܟ	ܩܠܝܕܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܠܝܕܟܝ	ܩܠܝܕܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܠܝܕܗ	ܩܠܝܕܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܠܝܕܗ	ܩܠܝܕܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܠܝܕܢ	ܩܠܝܕܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܠܝܕܟܘܢ	ܩܠܝܕܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܠܝܕܟܝܢ	ܩܠܝܕܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܠܝܕܗܘܢ	ܩܠܝܕܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܠܝܕܗܝܢ	ܩܠܝܕܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qlyd”, 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, page 320b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 506b
• 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, page 1370a-b

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλεῖδα (kleîda), accusative singular form of κλείς (kleís). Compare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܩܕ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (qḏīlā).

Noun

ܩܠܝܕ݂ܐ • (qliḏo) m

1. key