Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܟܠܫܐ (kelšām(uncountable)

  1. lime, quicklime, whitewash

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Arabic: كِلْس (kils)
    • Kurdish
      Northern Kurdish: kisl
      Central Kurdish: قسڵ (qisll)

References

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  • klš”, 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 156b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 627b