Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܡ-ܬ-ܠ (m-t-l) related to comparing. Compare Arabic مَثَل (maṯal) and Hebrew מָשָׁל (māšāl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [maθlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maθle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܬܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܬܠܐ)

  1. comparison
  2. parable, proverb
  3. tale, fable
  4. myth
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܬ-ܠ-ܐ (t-l-ʾ) related to hanging. Compare Hebrew מִתְלֶה (miṯlê).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܡܬܠܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. hanging
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܢ-ܬ-ܠ (n-t-l) related to giving. Compare Hebrew מַתָּן (mattān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mattɑlɑ(ʔ)], [mat(tə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mattɑle(ʔ)], [mat(tə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܬܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܬܠܐ)

  1. giving
  2. gift
Inflection edit

References edit

  • mtl”, 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, pp. 194a, 215b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 317b
  • 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. 869a-b

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