ܟܠܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒋢𒅗𒆷𒆠 (/⁠kalakku, kelek⁠/), from Sumerian 𒋢𒆠𒇲 (/⁠kila⁠/, “box, container, vessel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kalkɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kalke(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܠܟܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܠܟܐ)

1. raft
2. (figuratively) ice floe

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܠܟܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܠܟ	ܟܠܟܝܢ
construct	ܟܠܟ	ܟܠܟܝ
emphatic	ܟܠܟܐ	ܟܠܟܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܠܟܝ	ܟܠܟܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܠܟܟ	ܟܠܟܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܠܟܟܝ	ܟܠܟܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܠܟܗ	ܟܠܟܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܠܟܗ	ܟܠܟܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܠܟܢ	ܟܠܟܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܠܟܟܘܢ	ܟܠܟܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܠܟܟܝܢ	ܟܠܟܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܠܟܗܘܢ	ܟܠܟܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܠܟܗܝܢ	ܟܠܟܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: كلك

References

• “klk”, 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. 156b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 216b
• 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. 626a