ܩܪܛܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Hittite 𒄑𒆳𒋫𒀀𒀠 (kurtal-, kartal-), from which also Hebrew אֲגַרְטָל (ʾagartal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qartˤɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qartˤɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܪܛܠܐ • (qarṭālāʾ) c (plural ܩܪܛܠܐ)

1. basket (especially one used for fruit)

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܪܛܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܪܛܠ		1st person	ܩܪܛܠܝ		ܩܪܛܠܢ
	construct	ܩܪܛܠ		2nd person	ܩܪܛܠܟ	ܩܪܛܠܟܝ	ܩܪܛܠܟܘܢ	ܩܪܛܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܪܛܠܐ		3rd person	ܩܪܛܠܗ	ܩܪܛܠܗ	ܩܪܛܠܗܘܢ	ܩܪܛܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܪܛܠܝܢ		1st person	ܩܪܛܠܝ		ܩܪܛܠܝܢ
	construct	ܩܪܛܠܝ		2nd person	ܩܪܛܠܝܟ	ܩܪܛܠܝܟܝ	ܩܪܛܠܝܟܘܢ	ܩܪܛܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܪܛܠܐ		3rd person	ܩܪܛܠܘܗܝ	ܩܪܛܠܝܗ	ܩܪܛܠܝܗܘܢ	ܩܪܛܠܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: κάρταλλος (kártallos), κάρταλος (kártalos) (possibly)
  • → Latin: cartallus
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: قەرتاڵە (qertalle)

• → North Levantine Arabic: قَرْطَلَة (qarṭala), قَرْطَل (qarṭal)

References

• “qrṭl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-12-05
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 330b,
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 519a,
• Rabin, Chaim (1963) “Hittite Words in Hebrew”, in Orientalia, volume 32, number 2, →DOI, pages 126–128
• 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 1406a