A Syriac Chrestomathy

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R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g165-ma-interrogativeuncertain

lemma

unvoc ܡܐ
voc ܡܳܐ
translit
pos interrogative particle
gloss_en what? how?
gloss_de was? wie?
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
nestle_section § 21
layer vocalized Serto

primer_note

⭐ The ܡ section opens on a five-member particle cluster — the ܗܳܐ shape of p. 148, and the same hazard: later pages will cross-refer INTO it. Note the typography, which is its own trap: the proclitic ܕ of ܡܳܐ ܕ and the ܕ- of ܕܠܡܳܐ are printed as detached comma-sized marks, and bidi puts them on the far side of the word from where a reader expects.

uncertain yes

uncertain_note

⛔ NOT READ: the fourth sub-lemma, a compound ending in ܡܳܐ with a cross-reference to a two-glyph target ('… v. …;' between ܕܠܡܳܐ and ܡܳܢܰܘ). Read at 3× twice. ܟܡܳܐ v. ܟܡ fits the shape but there is NO ܟܡܐ head-word on p. 161 where one would stand, so that reading was rejected rather than written; ܡܶܛܽܠ ܡܳܐ v. ܡܛܠ fits the sense but not the glyph count. Left empty per convention 5.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_engloss_deraw
ܡܳܐ ܕthat which, whendas, was, alsܡܳܐ ܕ das, was, als | that which, when
ܠܡܳܐwhereto?wozu?ܠܡܳܐ wozu? | whereto?
ܕܠܡܳܐwhy? might it be that?warum? sollte wohl?ܕܠܡܳܐ warum? sollte wohl? | why? might it be that?
⛔ NOT READ — a compound in -ܡܳܐ, cross-referred to a two-letter target[⛔ NOT READ]ܡܳܐ v. [⛔ NOT READ]
ܡܳܢܰܘwherefore? why?wozu das? warum?ܡܳܢܰܘ wozu das? warum? | wherefore? why?

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 165
leaf n254