ܟܘܚܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Inherited from Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, “antimon, stibium”); cognates Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) and Hebrew כָּחָל (kāḥāl).

Alternative forms

• ܟܚܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuħlɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥlā) m(uncountable)

1. kohl
2. stibium, antimony

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܟܘܚܠܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܟܚܘܠ
construct	ܟܚܘܠ
emphatic	ܟܘܚܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܘܚܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܘܚܠܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܘܚܠܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܘܚܠܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: كُحل
  • → Afar: kucúl
  • → English: kohl
  • → Ge'ez: ኵሕል (kʷəḥəl)
  • Japanese: クハル (kuharu), Japanese: クフル (kufuru)
  • Kurdish:

    → Northern Kurdish: kil

    → Central Kurdish: کِل (kil)

    → Southern Kurdish: کِڵ (kill)

  • → Medieval Latin: alcohol (see there for further descendants)
  • → Persian: کحل (kohl)

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Verbal noun of ܟܚܠ (kaḥḥel, “to apply kohl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuħħɑlɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥḥālā) m(uncountable)

1. use of kohl, application of kohl to the eyes

Inflection

    declension of ܟܘܚܠܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܟܘܚܠ
construct	ܟܘܚܠ
emphatic	ܟܘܚܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܘܚܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܘܚܠܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܘܚܠܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܘܚܠܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ

References

• “kwḥl”, 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. 154b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 207b
• 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. 604b