ܘܝܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܘܐܠܐ, ܘܠܐ

Etymology

From either Latin vēlum or Ancient Greek βῆλον (bêlon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [we(j)lɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [we(j)le(ʔ)], [welas] (in the plural)

Noun

ܘܝܠܐ • (wēylā(ʾ)) f (plural ܘܝܠܣ or ܘܝܠܐ)

1. veil, curtain, cover

Further reading

• “wlˀ”, 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, p. 81b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 108a
• 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. 358a