ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܣܦܪܓܠܐ (səpargəlā)

Etymology

Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אספרגלא (ʾespargəlā), Akkadian 𒄑𒄒𒆳𒊏 (/⁠supurgillu⁠/, quince), Arabic سَفَرْجَل (safarjal), Hebrew אִסְפַּרְגֵּל (ʾispargēl), Old Armenian and Armenian սերկեւիլ (serkewil). All possibly from Hurrian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛsparɡ(ə)lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛsparɡ(ə)le] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ • (ʾespargəlā) m (plural ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ʾespargəlē))

  1. quince (tree and fruit)

Inflection

References

  • ˀsprgl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 16a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 144
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 24b
  • 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 77b
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