A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R1 · nestle-1889-en/r1/p043-4

lexeme

unvoc ܩܛܠ
voc ܩܛܰܠ
translit qṭal
gloss_en kill
category verb: Peal infinitive and participle (active + passive), base forms
layer vocalized Serto
layer_source read from the plate (section default agrees)
noldeke_qualifier Nestle's own § is 38; no confident Nöldeke cross-reference chosen.

cells

gram_tagsform_voctranslituncertainuncertain_note
{'form': 'infinitive'}ܡܶܩܛܰܠmeqṭal
{'form': 'participle', 'voice': 'active', 'gender': 'm', 'number': 'sg'}ܩܳܛܶܠqāṭelTrueOnly the top line of a visually two-line cell was read; the second line (likely f.sg or a plural form) is not captured in this record — see the coverage note above.
{'form': 'participle', 'voice': 'passive', 'gender': 'm', 'number': 'sg'}ܩܛܺܝܠqṭīlTrueSame two-line-cell caveat as the active participle above.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 43
leaf n60

plate_note

Same plate as p043-1/-2/-3. Infinitive block: single form per stem, high confidence. Participle block: 'active' / 'passive' column headers directly above the data, each cell showing what appears to be two stacked sub-forms not individually broken out here — flagged as a follow-up target, not guessed at.

noldeke_check

date 2026-09-02
method tier-1, per SYRIAC-LANGUAGE-PILOT.md §5

noldeke_source

work Compendious Syriac Grammar (Crichton tr., 1904)
section §168
page 109
archive_id noldeke-compendious-syriac-grammar
leaf n144

result

CONFIRMED for infinitive (meqṭal-shaped, m-prefix clearly visible on both plates) and passive participle (qṭīl-shaped). Active participle roughly consistent but not pinned down as precisely. ⭐ Nöldeke's plate resolves this record's own coverage gap: his Participle block prints exactly TWO forms per active/passive cell — m.sg and f.sg (e.g. active m. qāṭel-shaped / f. qāṭlā-shaped) — confirming the 'second stacked sub-form' this record's coverage note flagged as unbroken-out IS the feminine singular, not a plural or something else. Land as a follow-up: add gender=f cells using Nöldeke's f.sg forms as the guide.

tier2_caveat Shape/pattern level only, see p043-1's caveat.