ܥܠܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܠ ܠ (ˁ l l)
11 terms

From Aramaic עֵלְתָא (ʿelləṯā) with the sense of “disease” is a calque of Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla); compare also Hebrew עִלָּה (ilá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕɪlləθɑː]
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪllətɑː]

Noun

ܥܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ • (ˁilṯā) f sg (plural ܥܸܠܠܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ˁillāṯē) or ܥܸܠܠܹ̈ܐ (ˁillē))

  1. cause, reason, motive
  2. subject, topic (e.g. of a book)
  3. (in the plural) receptacles
  4. (grammar) subject; noun of a derived adjective
  5. (pathology) sickness, illness, disease
    Synonyms: ܡܲܪܥܵܐ (marˁā), ܟܘܼܪܗܵܢܵܐ (kurhānā)

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܠ (ʿ-l-l). The sense of "disease" is a calque of Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla). Compare also Hebrew עִלָּה (ʿillâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛll(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛl(lə)le], [ʕɛl(lə)lɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܠܠܬܐ or ܥܠܬܐ or ܥܠܠܐ)

  1. cause, reason, motive, pretext, pretense
  2. occasion, opportunity
  3. necessity
  4. means
  5. sin, crime, fault
  6. proof, evidence, accusation, argument, complaint
  7. subject, topic (e.g. of a book)
  8. introduction, heading
  9. thing, object, article, affair
  10. (in the plural) receptacles
  11. (grammar) root (noun of a derived adjective)
  12. (pathology) sickness, illness, disease
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܐ (ʿ-l-ʾ) related to raising up. Compare Hebrew עוֹלָה (ʿôlâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lɑθɑ]

Noun

ܥܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܠܘܬܐ)

  1. offering, sacrifice, holocaust, oblation
  2. high place, altar
Inflection

References

  • ˁlh”, 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. 252a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 416a
  • 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, pp. 1106b-1107a
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