ܩܠܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܩܐܠܒ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَالِب (qālib), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qal(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qal(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܠܒܐ • (qāləḇā) m (plural ܩܠܒܐ)

  1. mould, form
  2. (architecture) framework

Inflection

References

  • qˀlb”, 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. 320a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 486a, 506a
  • 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. 1306b-1307a
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