Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From ܐܟܠ (ʾāḵel, eater of) + ܩܪܨܐ (qarṣāʾ, chewed morsel; slander), partial calque of Akkadian [script needed] (karṣī akālu, slander), from [script needed] (karṣu, slander).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɑxɛlqarsˤɑ(ʔ)]

Noun edit

ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܟܠܝ ܩܪܨܐ)

  1. accuser, slanderer
  2. enemy, adversary

Proper noun edit

ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ (transliteration neededm

  1. (religion) Satan, the Devil

References edit

  • ˀkl”, 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, pages 8b–9a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 16a
  • 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, page 41b
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 63