Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic עַקְלָא (ʿaqlā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕaq.lɑː]
  • (Koy Sanjaq) IPA(key): [ʕaq.la]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔaq.lɑː]

Noun edit

ܥܲܩܠܵܐ (ˁaqlāf (plural ܥܲܩ̈ܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqlāṯā) or ܥܲܩ̈ܠܹܐ (ˁaqlē))

  1. (anatomy) leg, foot

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Ge'ez እግር (ʾəgr, foot) and Somali cag (foot).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܥܩܠܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܥܩܠܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) foot; shin, shank; leg
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܥܩܠܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) abdominal pain
  2. lassitude
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁql”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 425a
  • 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. 1130a-b