A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g161-ki-enclitic

lemma

unvoc ܟܝ
voc ܟܺܝ
translit
pos enclitic particle
gloss_en an enclitic of wishing, questioning and doubting
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
latin particula enclitica optandi, interrogandi, dubitandi

primer_note

⭐ Second LATIN-ONLY gloss of the shard, after ܝܽܘܕ on p. 158 — and this one is not a letter name but a working particle. Nestle reaches for Latin exactly where a word has no translation, only a use.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 161
leaf n250