ܐܝܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾayyal-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔajl(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔajlɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܬܐ • (ʾaylṯā) f (plural ܐܝܠܬܐ (ʾaylāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܐܝܠܐ (ʾaylā))

  1. doe, hind (female deer)
Inflection

Etymology 2

Either a diminutive of ܐܝܠܢܐ (ʾīlānā, tree) or from Hebrew אֵלָה (ʾēlâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔiltɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔi(l)lɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܬܐ • (ʾīlṯā) f (plural ܐܝܠܠܬܐ (ʾīlāṯā))

  1. small tree, bush, shrub; branch
  2. (by extension) forest
Inflection
Synonyms

References

  • ˀylh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀyltˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 7b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 13b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 35b
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