Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܣ-ܟ-ܠ (s-k-l) related to foolishness. Compare Hebrew סֶכֶל (séḵel).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [saxlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [saxle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܣܟܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܟܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܣܟܠܬܐ)

  1. fool
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܣ-ܟ-ܠ (s-k-l) related to foolishness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܣܟܠܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. folly, foolishness, stupidity
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References

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  • skl”, 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. 228b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 377b
  • 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. 1010a-b