ܩܪܐܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
In Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קַרְעָא (qarʿā), קַרָא m (qarā, “pumpkin, gourd”), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic קרייה f (“gourd”), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܩܪܝ f (“gourd”), Mishnaic Hebrew קרויה (qērūyā, “dried bottle gourd”), apparently metathetical to Hebrew קְעָרָה (qəʿārā, “bowl, basin”), Arabic قَعْر (qaʿr, “bottom, depth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qarʔɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [qarʔe] (plural)
Noun
ܩܪܐܐ • (qarrʾā) m (plural ܩܪܐܐ (qarrʾē))
- gourd, pumpkin
Inflection
inflection of ܩܪܐܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܩܪܐ | ܩܪܐܝܢ |
| construct | ܩܪܐ | ܩܪܐܝ |
| emphatic | ܩܪܐܐ | ܩܪܐܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܩܪܐܝ | ܩܪܐܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܩܪܐܟ | ܩܪܐܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܩܪܐܟܝ | ܩܪܐܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܩܪܐܗ | ܩܪܐܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܩܪܐܗ | ܩܪܐܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܩܪܐܢ | ܩܪܐܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܩܪܐܟܘܢ | ܩܪܐܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܩܪܐܟܝܢ | ܩܪܐܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܩܪܐܗܘܢ | ܩܪܐܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܩܪܐܗܝܢ | ܩܪܐܝܗܝܢ |
Descendants
- → Arabic: قَرْع (qarʿ)
References
- “qrˀ”, 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 328b
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 545–548
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 517a
- 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 1400a