ܬܠܐ

ܬܠܐ ܒܩܠܥܐ ܕܐܪܒܝܠ

ܬܠܐ ܒܒܐܪ ܫܒܥ

From Aramaic תֵּלָא (tellā), from Akkadian 𒇯 (tillu [DU₆]); compare Arabic تَلّ (tall) and Hebrew תֵּל (tél).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tɪl.lɑː]

ܬܸܠܵܐ • (tillā) m sg (plural ܬܸܠܹ̈ܐ (tillē))

1. hill, mound
2. (archaeology) tell, man-made hill covering the ruins and remains of an ancient settlement
3. (colloquial) heap, pile
4. (figuratively) large amount
5. (sewing, in the plural) needlework in a relief

• (hill): ܪܘܼܡܬܵܐ (rumtā)

From Aramaic תְּלָא (təlā); cognate of Hebrew תָּלָה (talá).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tɑːleː]

ܬܵܠܹܐ • (tālē) (present participle ܬܠܵܝܵܐ (tlāyā), past participle ܬܸܠܝܵܐ (tilyā))

1. (transitive) to hang, hang up, suspend

   ܬܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܡܘܼܣܵܝܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܲܒ݂ܠܵܐ. ― tlē lī mussāyā ˁal ḥaḇlā. ― I hung up the washing on the line.

   ܬܠܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܟܘܿܬܝܼܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܨܸܢܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ. ― tlēmūn kōtīnyāṯē ˁal ṣinnāryāṯē. ― Hang up your coats on the hooks.

2. (transitive, law) to hang, execute a person by hanging

   ܩܵܛܘܿܠܹ̈ܐ ܬܸܠܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܣܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܢܗܘܿܢ ܣܲܓܝܼܐܹ̈ܐ. ― qāṭōlē tilyē ìwā min bār surḥānhōn sagīˀē. ― The murderes were hanged after their numerous crimes.

3. (intransitive) to dangle, to be hung, remain suspended

   ܫܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܬܸܠܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܬܲܛܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― šrāḡāṯē tilyē ìnā min taṭlīṯā. ― The lights are hanging from the ceiling.

   ܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ ܬܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܥܲܠ ܓܘܼܕܵܐ ܒܟ̰ܗܵܪܟ̰ܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܫܲܦܝܼܪܵܐ. ― ṣurtā tlīṯā ìlāh ˁal guddā b-čhārčūḇā šapīrā. ― The painting is hung on the wall with a beautiful frame.

4. (intransitive) to rely, depend [+ ܥܲܠ (object) = on] or [+ ܒ- (object) = to]

   ܦܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܬܵܠܹܐ ܥܲܠ ܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ. ― punnāyā kē tālē ˁal šūˀālā. ― The answer depends on the question.

   ܠܹܐ ܬܵܠܲܚ ܥܲܠ ܗܸܟ̰ ܚܲܕ݇. ― lē tālaḥ ˁal hič ḥa. ― We don't depend on anyone.

   ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ ܘܐܲܚܘܼܗܝ ܟܹܐ ܬܵܠܝܼ ܥܲܠ ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ. ― sargōn w-aḥūh kē tālī ˁal iḥḏāḏē. ― Sargon and his brother depend on each other.

• (hang): ܥܲܠܸܩ (ˁalliq), ܡܬܲܠܬܹܐ (mtaltē), ܬܲܢܕܸܠ (tandil)
• (execute): ܫܵܢܹܩ (šānēq), ܡܲܚܢܸܩ (maḥniq)
• (depend): ܗܵܘܹܐ ܫܲܪܛܵܝܵܐ (hāwē šarṭāyā)

• (rare) ܬܐܠܐ
• ܬܠܠܐ

From Akkadian 𒇯 (tillu [DU₆]). Compare Arabic تَلّ (tall) and Hebrew תֵּל (tēl).

• IPA^(key): [tɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܬܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܠܐ)

1. hill
2. tell, mound, pile, earthwork, embankment
3. ruins
4. (figuratively) large amount
5. (sewing, in the plural) needlework in a relief

ܬܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. Tela, a city west of Nisibis

• “tl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 392a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 613a
• 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. 1646b