ܟܬܒ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܟ ܬ ܒ (k t b)
9 terms

From Aramaic כתב (kāṯeḇ), from Proto-West Semitic *katab-; compare Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba) and Hebrew כָּתַב (katáv).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kɑːθevː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃaːtevː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kɑːθuː]

Verb

ܟܵܬܹܒ݂ • (kātēḇ) (present participle ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ktāḇā), past participle ܟܬܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ktīḇā))

  1. to write
    ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܟܵܬܒ݂ܹܢ ܐܸܓܲܪ̈ܝܵܬܹܐ ܘܟܹܐ ܩܵܪܹܝܢ ܣܦܵܪܝܵܘܡܵܐ.
    b-qaydāmtā kē kātḇēn iggaryātē w-kē qārēn spāryāwmā.
    In the morning I write letters and I read the newspaper.
    • 1 John 1:4:
    • ܒܸܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܐܲܢܹܐ ܐܸܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܕܚܲܕܘܼܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܡܘܼܟܡܸܠܬܵ‌ܐ.
      biktāḇā ìwaḥ annē illāwḵōn d-ḥadūtāwḵōn pāyšā mukmiltā‌ā.
      We are writing these to you that your joy may be full.

Conjugation

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