ܘܠܝܬܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, nominalized from the feminine emphatic singular form of the active participle of the defective verb ܘܠܐ (wālē, “should, must, ought”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [wɑːliːtɑː]

ܘܵܠܝܼܬܵܐ • (wālītā) f sg (plural ܘܵܠܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ (wālyātē))

1. that which is due or right; what must be done
2. appropriateness, decorum, necessity
3. obligation, duty, office
4. task, assignment, homework
5. honor, integrity, dignity, grace

• ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē)
• ܘܵܠܝܵܝܵܐ (wālyāyā)
• ܘܵܠܝܵܐܝܼܬ (wālyāˀīt)

Nominalized from the feminine emphatic singular form of the active participle of the defective verb ܘܠܐ (wālē(ʾ), “should, must, ought”).

• IPA^(key): [wɑliθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [wɑljɑθɑ] (plural)

ܘܠܝܬܐ • (wālīṯā) f (plural ܘܠܝܬܐ)

1. that which is due or right; what must be done
2. appropriateness, decorum, necessity
3. office, duty
4. honor/honour, integrity, dignity
5. grace

• “wlyh”, 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 82a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108a
• 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 358b