Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܐ (ʿ-l-ʾ) related to raising up. Compare Arabic عِلِّيَّة (ʕilliyya) and Hebrew עֲלִיָּה (ʿălîyâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛlliθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛljɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܠܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܥܠܝܬܐ)

  1. (architecture) upper floor, chamber, room
  2. (architecture, military) battlement, merlon
  3. pinnacle
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܐ (ʿ-l-ʾ) related to raising up.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛllɑjtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛllɑjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܠܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܥܠܝܬܐ)

  1. rising, elevation, promotion
  2. upper part
  3. (anatomy) thigh
  4. (logic) premise
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˁlyh”, 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. 254a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 415a
  • 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, pp. 1102b-1103a