A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g185-unread-q-pervert

lemma

unvoc ܩܡܠ
voc ܩܰܡܶܠ
translit qammel
pos verb
gloss_en distort, pervert
gloss_de verdrehen, verkehren
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto

uncertain_note

✅ RESOLVED 2026-09-01, Step-3 blind-control follow-up. Originally NOT READ: three glyphs, ܩ, a rounded middle letter, and a final down-left stroke read as ܠ. The slot (between ܩܰܠܺܝܠ and ܩܢܳܐ) already required the middle letter to sort between ܠ and ܢ, i.e. ܡ, ruling out the glyph's first impression of ܥ — but convention 5 held the reading back pending a visual check. A targeted extreme zoom on just that one letter now confirms it directly: a small closed loop, unambiguously Mem-shaped, not the open ʿayin-type curve. Slot logic and the eye now agree. Written as ܩܰܡܶܠ.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 185
leaf n274