ܟܝܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܟ ܘ ܠ (k w l)
3 terms

Etymology 1

Related to Arabic كَيْل (kayl) with the sense of “paradigm” a calque of Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kaj.lɑː]

Noun

ܟܲܝܠܵܐ • (kaylā) m sg (plural ܟܲܝ̈ܠܹܐ (kaylē))

  1. size, specific set of dimensions for clothing
  2. kind of measure used for wine, oil, grain, etc.
  3. (figuratively) amount, quantity
  4. (poetry, prosody) metre
  5. (grammar) paradigm, inflectional pattern or form
Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from the above; compare Arabic كَيَّال (kayyāl).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kajjɑːlɑː]

Noun

ܟܲܝܵܠܵܐ • (kayyālā) m sg (plural ܟܲܝܵܠܹ̈ܐ (kayyālē), feminine ܟܲܝܵܠܬܵܐ (kayyāltā))

  1. measurer, weigher
Inflection

Etymology 3

Nominalised from the active participle of the verb ܟܵܐܹܠ (kāˀēl, to measure).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kɑjːlɑː]

Noun

ܟܵܝܠܵܐ • (kāylā) m sg (plural ܟܵܝ̈ܠܹܐ (kāylē))

  1. -meter used mainly in the construct state indicating a tool for measurement
Inflection
Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܟ-ܘ-ܠ (k-w-l) related to measuring; compare Arabic كَيْل (kayl). The sense of "paradigm" is a calque of Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kajlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kajle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܝܠܐ)

  1. kind of measure used for wine, oil, grain, etc.
  2. (figuratively) amount, quantity
  3. (poetry, prosody) metre
  4. (grammar) paradigm, inflectional pattern or form
Inflection

Proper noun

ܟܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. (astronomy) name of a star

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic كَيَّال (kayyāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kajjɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kajjɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܝܠܐ)

  1. measurer, weigher
Inflection

References

  • kyl”, 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, p. 155a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213a
  • 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, p. 618b
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