A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · payne-smith-1903/r4/p202-kenuthauncertain

lemma

unvoc ܟܐܢܘܬܐ
voc
translit k'nwt'
pos f., from ܟܐܢ
gloss_en justice, rectitude, uprightness, righteousness
root ܟܐܢ
printed_forms an abs. form, then TWO emphatic spellings joined by 'or' — the second differs from the first by (apparently) the aleph

layer

printed Serto (West Syriac letterforms), pointed; points present on the plate but not transcribed — see vocalization_note

vocalization_note

Payne Smith prints this entry in Serto with vowel points, and the points ARE visible on the plate; they are deliberately NOT transcribed here. The project has no control table for this typeface's pointing (the MUFI lesson: never read diacritic codepoints by eye), so voc is left empty and translit is CONSONANTAL ONLY. The consonantal skeleton, the part-of-speech tag and the English gloss are read directly off the plate and are reliable; the vocalisation is the open item for a reader who can control it.

fills_gap_for righteousness, Lesson 8
uncertain yes

uncertain_note

The entry prints two emphatic spellings side by side ('X or Y'); the difference between them could not be resolved letter-by-letter at available resolution — most likely ܟܐܢܘܬܐ / ܟܝܢܘܬܐ, but that is inference, not a reading. Head-lemma, root and gloss are certain.

source

primer payne-smith-1903
page 202
leaf n217
archive_id compendioussyria00payn