Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܠ (ʾ-k-l) related to eating. Compare Arabic مَأْكَلَة (maʔkala).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܡܐܟܘܠܝܬܐ or ܡܟܠܬܐ or ܡܐܟܠܬܐ)

  1. devouring
  2. food, victuals, provisions
  3. dinner, main meal
  4. (in the plural) suburbs, dependent towns

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mˀklh”, 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 9a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246b
  • 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 701a