ܬܠܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܬ ܠ ܓ (t l g)
4 terms
ܬܠܓܐ
ܬܠܓܐ

Etymology 1

From Aramaic תַּלְגָּא (talgā), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-; compare Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj), Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (shéleg) and Akkadian 𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (šalgum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tal.ɡɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tal.d͡ʒɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [tal.ɡɑː]

Noun

ܬܲܠܓܵܐ • (talgā) m sg (plural ܬܲܠܓܹ̈ܐ (talgē))

  1. snow (frozen crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation)
    ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܸܨܠܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗtalgā biṣlāyā ìlēhIt is snowing (literally, “Snow is descending”)
    ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܸܥܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗtalgā biˁrāyā ìlēhIt is snowing (literally, “Snow is pouring out”)
    • Revelation 1:14:
      ܪܹܝܫܹܗ ܘܟܵܘܣܹܗ ܚܘܵܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܥܲܡܪܵܐ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܬܲܠܓܵܐ، ܘܥܲܝܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܠܵܗܵܐ ܕܢܘܼܪܵܐ.
      rēšēh w-kāwsēh ḥwārē ìwā ayḵ ˁamrā, ayḵ talgā, w-ˁaynūh ayḵ lāhā d-nūrā.
      His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;
Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowed or calqued on Arabic ثَلَّاجَة (ṯallāja).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tal.lɑːɣɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tal.lɑːd͡ʒɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [θallaːd͡ʒa]

Noun

ܬܲܠܵܓ݂ܵܐ or ܬ݂ܲܠܵܓ̰ܵܐ • (tallāḡā or ṯallājā) m or f (plural ܬܲܠܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (tallāḡē) or ܬ݂ܲܠܵܓ̰ܵܬ (ṯallājāt))

  1. refrigerator, fridge (appliance used for keeping food and drink fresh)
Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [talɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [talɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܠܓܐ)

  1. snow

Inflection

References

  • tlg”, 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. 392b
  • 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. 1647a
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