Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܠ (ɡ-d-l) related to twisting. Compare Arabic جَدْل (jadl) and Hebrew גָּדוֹל (gadól).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑlɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑle] (plural)

Noun edit

ܓܕܠܐ (gəḏālām (plural ܓܕܠܐ (gəḏālē))

  1. plaiting, twining
  2. (by extension) anything twisted: garland, wreath, crown; wickerwork
  3. monastic garment
  4. excessiveness, overfullness

Inflection edit

References edit

  • gdl”, 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 42b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 61a
  • 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 206a