ܩܘܛܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܩܛܢܐ
Etymology
From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܢ (q-ṭ-n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qutˤnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qutˤne(ʔ)] (plural)
Noun
ܩܘܛܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܘܛܢܐ)
- common people, populace, folk, crowd
- congregation, laity
- (figuratively) mass, bulk, group of things
References
- “qwṭnˀ”, 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. 316a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 493b
- 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. 1327a