Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛlwɑ(ʔ)], [ʕalwɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛlwe(ʔ)], [ʕalwe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܠܘܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܠܘܐ)

  1. bag, skin, leathern bottle
  2. bellows
  3. spirit of the dead
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܐ (ʿ-l-ʾ) related to raising up.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lɑwɑ(ʔ)], [ʕɛllɑwɑ(ʔ)], [ʕɛlwɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lɑwe(ʔ)], [ʕɛllɑwe(ʔ)], [ʕɛlwe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܠܘܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܠܘܐ)

  1. waking up, awakening, lucidity, waking life
Usage notes edit

This word is often used in the plural.

Inflection edit
Antonyms edit

References edit

  • ˁlwˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 253a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 414a
  • 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. 1100a