ܬܥܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܬܥܠܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic תַּעֲלָא (taʿălāʾ), from Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-; compare Akkadian 𒈜 (šēlebu), Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), Hebrew שׁוּעָל (shu'ál), and Ugaritic 𐎘𐎓𐎍𐎁 (ṯʿlb).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [taʕ.lɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [taːlɑː]

Noun

ܬܲܥܠܵܐ • (taˁlā) m (plural ܬܲܥܠܹ̈ܐ (taˁlē), feminine ܬܲܥܠܬܵܐ (taˁltā))

  1. fox
  2. (figuratively) deceptive or cunning person

Inflection
Inflection of ܬܲܥܠܵܐ (taˁlā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܬܲܥܠܝܼ
(taˁlī)		 ܬܲܥܠܲܢ
(taˁlan)
construct ܬܲܥܠ
(taˁl)		 2nd person ܬܲܥܠܘܼܟ݂
(taˁlūḵ)		 ܬܲܥܠܵܟ݂ܝ
(taˁlāḵ)		 ܬܲܥܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(taˁlāwḵōn)
emphatic ܬܲܥܠܵܐ
(taˁlā)		 3rd person ܬܲܥܠܹܗ
(taˁlēh)		 ܬܲܥܠܵܗ̇
(taˁlāh)		 ܬܲܥܠܗܘܿܢ
(taˁlhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܬܲܥܠܝܼ̈
(taˁlī)		 ܬܲܥܠܲܢ̈
(taˁlan)
construct ܬܲܥܠܲܝ̈
(taˁlay)		 2nd person ܬܲܥܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(taˁlūḵ)		 ܬܲܥܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(taˁlāḵ)		 ܬܲܥܠܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(taˁlāwḵōn)
emphatic ܬܲܥܠܹ̈ܐ
(taˁlē)		 3rd person ܬܲܥܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(taˁlūh)		 ܬܲܥܠ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(taˁlōh)		 ܬܲܥܠܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(taˁlhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-. Compare Akkadian 𒈜 (šēlebu), Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šûʿāl), and Ugaritic 𐎘𐎓𐎍𐎁 (ṯʿlb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [taʕlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [taʕle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܥܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܥܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܥܠܬܐ)

  1. fox

Inflection
    inflection of ܬܥܠܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܬܥܠ ܬܥܠܝܢ
construct ܬܥܠ ܬܥܠܝ
emphatic ܬܥܠܐ ܬܥܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܬܥܠܝ ܬܥܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܬܥܠܟ ܬܥܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܬܥܠܟܝ ܬܥܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܬܥܠܗ ܬܥܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܬܥܠܗ ܬܥܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܬܥܠܢ ܬܥܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܬܥܠܟܘܢ ܬܥܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܬܥܠܟܝܢ ܬܥܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܬܥܠܗܘܢ ܬܥܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܬܥܠܗܝܢ ܬܥܠܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “tˁl”, 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. 395a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 617a
  • 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. 1657b
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.