Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܥ (p-l-ʿ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pɛlʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛlʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܠܥܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܦܠܥܐ)

  1. occasion, opportunity
  2. (alchemy) tin
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܥ (p-l-ʿ) related to shaking off.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܦܠܥܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. shaking off the yoke
Inflection edit

References edit

  • plˁ”, 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. 278b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 449b
  • 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. 1202b