ܩܛܪܬܐ

ܩܛܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܛ-ܪ‎ (q-ṭ-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qətˤaɾtɑ/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /qətˤaɾɛ/ (plural)

Noun

ܩܛܪܬܐ • (qəṭartā) f (plural ܩܛܪܐ‎ (qəṭare) or ܩܛܪܬܐ (qəṭarāṯā))

1. binding, node, conjunction, knot
2. stem node, leaf node
3. articulatory joint
4. a pathological knot in an organism, polyp
5. bridge (building to cross rivers etc.)

Descendants

• →? Arabic: قَنْطَرَة‎ (qanṭara)

References

• “qṭrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000), Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 882
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 662b
• Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie‎ (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 234–236 § 99
• Lagarde, Paul de (1880) Symmicta‎ (in German), Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, page 202a note 70
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 159