ܟܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

ܟܬܢܐ

Etymology

From a substrate language, flax being a plant native to Aram; compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎉 (qṭ, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (GADA /kitû/, “flax”), 𒄀𒆤 (^GIKID] /kītu/, “mat”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), 𒄀 (gi, “reed”), 𒆤 (kid, “mat”), Old Armenian կտաւ (ktaw, “flax”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɛtˈtɑ.nɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [kɛtˈtɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܟܬܢܐ • (kettānā) m (plural ܟܬܢܐ)

linen, flax
(by extension) any garment made from linen
sail
net

Inflection

inflection of ܟܬܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܬܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝܢ‎
construct	ܟܬܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝ‎
emphatic	ܟܬܢܐ	ܟܬܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܬܢܝ‎	ܟܬܢܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܬܢܟ‎	ܟܬܢܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܬܢܟܝ‎	ܟܬܢܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܬܢܗ‎	ܟܬܢܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܬܢܗ‎	ܟܬܢܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܬܢܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܬܢܟܘܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܬܢܟܝܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܬܢܗܘܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܬܢܗܝܢ‎	ܟܬܢܝܗܝܢ‎

Derived terms

ܟܬܢܝܐ‎ (kettānāyā)

Descendants

→ Arabic: كَتَّان‎ (kattān)
- Maltese: kittien
- Moroccan Arabic: كتان‎ (kattān)
- → Azerbaijani: kətan
- → Crimean Tatar: keten
- → Ge'ez: ክታን (kətan)
- → Persian: کتان‎ (katân)
  - → Middle Armenian: քթան (kʿtʿan)
    - Armenian: քթան (kʿtʿan)
  - → Armenian: քաթան (kʿatʿan)
- → Swahili: katani
- → Turkish: keten
→ Persian: کتان‎ (katân)
- → Middle Armenian: քթան (kʿtʿan)
  - Armenian: քթան (kʿtʿan)
- → Armenian: քաթան (kʿatʿan)

References

“ktn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-01
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 165b
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 232–233
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 231b
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 663a