ܐܬܠܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܝܬܠܝܐ (ʾytlyʾ)
• ܬܠܝܐ (tlyʾ)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒀭𒈪 (attalû [AN.MI]), ultimately from Sumerian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈθal.jɑ], [ʔɑˈθɛl.jɑ], [ʔaθˈli.jɑ]

Noun

ܐܬܠܝܐ • (ʾāṯalyā, ʾāṯelyā, ʾaṯlīā) f (plural ܐܬܠܝܘܬܐ)

1. dragon
2. (astronomy) lunar eclipse
3. name of a year

Proper noun

ܐܬܠܝܐ • (ʾāṯalyā, ʾāṯelyā, ʾaṯlīā) f

1. (astronomy) name of a star, possibly Eltanin (Gamma Draconis)

Derived terms

• ܒܪ ܐܬܠܝܐ (bar ʾāṯalyā)
• ܝܡܐ ܕܐܬܠܝܐ (yammā də-ʾāṯalyā)

References

• “ˀtlyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-28
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 40b
• 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 111b