Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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From Aramaic עַקְלָא (ʿaqlā), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic; compare Ge'ez እግር (ʾəgr, foot) and Somali cag (foot).

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ܥܲܩܠܵܐ (ˁaqlāf (plural ܥܲܩ̈ܠܵܬ݂ܹܐ (ˁaqlāṯē) or ܥܲܩ̈ܠܹܐ (ˁaqlē))

  1. (anatomy) foot, leg
  2. (unit of measure) foot

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Ge'ez እግር (ʾəgr, foot) and Somali cag (foot).

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ܥܩܠܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܥܩܠܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) foot; shin, shank; leg
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Etymology 2

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ܥܩܠܐ (transliteration neededm(uncountable)

  1. (medicine) abdominal pain
  2. lassitude
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References

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  • ˁql”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 425a
  • 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. 1130a-b