ܐܠܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܐ ܠ ܥ (ˀ l ˁ)
2 terms

From the older form *ܥܠܥܐ (ʿilʿā); unattested in Classical Syriac, from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́lʿ. Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ) and Hebrew צֶלַע (ṣélaʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪlʕaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɪlʔa]

Noun

ܐܸܠܥܵܐ • (ilˁā) ? (plural ܐܸ̈ܠܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ilˁāṯā))

1. (anatomy) rib

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the older form *ܥܠܥܐ (ʿelʿā); unattested in Classical Syriac, from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́lʿ. Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ) and Hebrew צֶלַע (ṣélaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛlʕɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛlʕe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܠܥܐ • (ʾelʿā) f (plural ܐܠܥܐ (ʾelʿē))

1. (anatomy) rib
2. (figuratively) wife
3. (geometry, architecture) side

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܠܥܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܠܥ	ܐܠܥܝܢ
construct	ܐܠܥ	ܐܠܥܝ
emphatic	ܐܠܥܐ	ܐܠܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܠܥܝ	ܐܠܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܠܥܟ	ܐܠܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܠܥܟܝ	ܐܠܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܠܥܗ	ܐܠܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܠܥܗ	ܐܠܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܠܥܢ	ܐܠܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܠܥܟܘܢ	ܐܠܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܠܥܟܝܢ	ܐܠܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܠܥܗܘܢ	ܐܠܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܠܥܗܝܢ	ܐܠܥܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܠܥܢܝܐ (ʾelʿānāyā)
• ܣܓܝܐܬ ܐܠܥܐ

References

• “ˁlˁ”, 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 10b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18a
• 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 50a-b