Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܒ-ܠ-ܥ (b-l-ʿ), related to swallowing.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [mav.loˈʕi.θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [maw.loˈʕi.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [mɑw.luˈʕi.θo]

Noun edit

ܡܒܠܘܥܝܬܐ (maḇlōʿīṯāf (plural ܡܒܠܘܥܝܬܐ (maḇlōʿyāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) throat, gullet

Inflection edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • mblwˁy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-27
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 248b
  • 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 705b