Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܠ (ʾ-k-l) related to eating. Compare Hebrew אַכְלָן (ʾaḵlān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔaxlɑnɑ(ʔ)], [ʔɑxlɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔaxlɑne(ʔ)], [ʔɑxlɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܟܠܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܟܠܢܐ)

  1. devouring, consumption
  2. wearing out
  3. itching
  4. (medicine) gangrene

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • ˀkln”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 9a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 16a
  • 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. 42b