Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic بَلُّوط (ballūṭ), Hebrew בַּלּוּט (ballûṭ), and Spanish bellota.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ballutˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ballutˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܒܠܘܛܐ (balluṭam (plural ܒܠܘܛܐ)

  1. oak
  2. acorn
  3. (figuratively) acorn-shaped vessel

Inflection edit

References edit

  • blwṭ”, 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. 31a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 46b
  • 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. 154b