Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaw(wə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܘܬܐ • ‎(kawwǝṯā) f ‎(plural ܟܘܐ)

1. window
2. opening, aperture, hole
3. recess, cave, cavern
4. lattice
5. pigeonhole, dovecote, dovehouse
6. edge
7. shelf, bookcase

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the unattested form *ܟܘܬܚܐ ‎(kūtḥā(ʾ)), from ܟܘܕܚܐ ‎(kūḏḥā(ʾ)), possibly from Middle Iranian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuttɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܘܬܐ • ‎(kūtā) f (uncountable)

1. food preserved in vinegar

Inflection

References

• “kwh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kwt)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 152a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 206b, 212a
• 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. 616a