ܥܡܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܥ-ܡ-ܠ (ʿ-m-l) related to toiling. Compare Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal) and Hebrew עָמָל (ʿāmāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕamlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕamle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܡܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܡܠܐ)

  1. labour, work, toil
  2. weariness, pain, trouble
  3. district, prefecture
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَامِل (ʕāmil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕɑmlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɑmle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܡܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܡܠܐ)

  1. prefect, official
Inflection

References

  • ˁml”, 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. 256a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 417b
  • 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. 1112a
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