Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܕ-ܠ-ܩ (d-l-q) related to blazing. Compare Hebrew דֶּלֶק (déleq).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dɛlqɑ], [dalqɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɛlqe], [dalqe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܕܠܩܐ (delqā, dalqām (plural ܕܠܩܐ (delqē, dalqē))

  1. flame, fire, torch
  2. (physics) ray of light
  3. blaze, brightness
  4. splendor/splendour
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܕ-ܠ-ܩ (d-l-q) related to blazing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dallɑqɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dallɑqe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܕܠܩܐ (dallāqām (plural ܕܠܩܐ (dallāqē))

  1. glowworm
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From early Middle Persian *dalak. Compare Persian دله (dala), Arabic دَلَق (dalaq), and Hebrew דָּלָק (dālāq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܕܠܩܐ (dalqām (plural ܕܠܩܐ (dalqē))

  1. weasel
    Synonyms: ܟܟܘܫܬܐ (kāḵūštā), ܩܘܙܐ (qūzā), ܓܘܡܪܪܐ (gumrārā)
Inflection edit

References edit

  • dlq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • dlq2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • dlqˀ”, 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, page 65b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 93a
  • 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 306b