ܩܛܘ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From the previous form ܩܵܛܵܐ (qāṭā) + -ܘܿ (-ō), itself from an indeterminate source; compare Classical Syriac ܩܲܛܵܐ (qaṭṭā)/ܩܲܛܘܿ (qaṭṭō), Arabic قِطّ (qiṭṭ), Old Armenian կատու (katu), Byzantine Greek κάττα (kátta), Russian кот (kot), Basque katu and English cat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [qɑːtˤoː]
Noun
ܩܵܛܘܿ • (qāṭō) m sg (plural ܩܵܛܹ̈ܐ (qāṭē), feminine ܩܵܛܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (qāṭōṯā))
- cat
- Synonym: ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܐ (šunnārā, “formal”)
- ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܩܵܛܘܿ ܘܪܵܩܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ ܥܲܩܘܼܒܪܹ̈ܐ
- zīl lēh qāṭō w-rāqḏī ˁaqubrē
- when the cat’s away, the mice will play
- ܫܒ݂ܘܿܩ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܩܵܛܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܵܠܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܘܠܵܐ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂
- šḇōq ḥḏā qāṭōṯā ḥālḇā lōḵ w-lā ḥḏā māṯā yāḇā lōḵ
- it is always better to live with what you have instead of depending on others
- (literally, “let a cat provide you with milk, not a village give it to you”)
Usage notes
In some dialects, this word refers to both male and female cats and therefore don’t employ the feminine form.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܩܵܛܝܼ (qāṭī) | ܩܵܛܘܼܢ (qāṭūn) | |||
| construct | – | 2nd person | ܩܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (qāṭōḵ) | ܩܵܛܘܼܟ݂ܝ (qāṭūḵ) | ܩܵܛܘܼܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qāṭūḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܵܛܘܿ (qāṭō) | 3rd person | ܩܵܛܘܼܗܝ (qāṭūh) | ܩܵܛܘܼܗ̇ (qāṭōh) | ܩܵܛܘܼܗܘܿܢ (qāṭūhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܵܛܝܼ̈ܢ (qāṭīn) | 1st person | ܩܵܛܝܼ̈ (qāṭī) | ܩܵܛܲܢ̈ (qāṭan) | |||
| construct | ܩܵܛܲܝ̈ (qāṭay) | 2nd person | ܩܵܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qāṭōḵ) | ܩܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qāṭāḵ) | ܩܵܛܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qāṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܵܛܹ̈ܐ (qāṭē) | 3rd person | ܩܵܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qāṭūh) | ܩܵܛܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qāṭōh) | ܩܵܛܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qāṭayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qatˤtˤu]
Noun
ܩܛܘ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܩܛܘܬܐ or ܩܛܐ)
- alternative form of ܩܛܐ