Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Semitic *ʕigl-, from the root ܥ-ܓ-ܠ (ʿ-ɡ-l).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛɣlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛɣle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܓܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܓܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܓܠܬܐ)

  1. calf, young bull

Inflection edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • ˁgl”, 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. 243b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 399b
  • 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. 1068a