ܡܝܪܛܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܡܝܼܪܛܸܠܵܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μυρτίλος (Murtílos). The sense of "blueberry" is semantic loan from French myrtille.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mir.tˤəl.lɑː]

Noun

ܡܝܼܪܛܸܠܵܐ • (mīrṭillā) m (plural ܡܝܼܪ̈ܛܸܠܹܐ (mīrṭille))

  1. myrtle: An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
  2. blueberry: a small sweet blue-black edible berry which grows in clusters on North American shrubs related to the bilberry.

Inflection

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