Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Hebrew קַרְסֹל (qarsōl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qursˤ(ə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qursˤ(ə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܩܘܪܨܠܐ (qurṣəlāʾm (plural ܩܘܪܨܠܐ)

  1. (anatomy) ankle; anklebone, talus; wrist
Usage notes edit

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qursˤɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qursˤɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܩܘܪܨܠܐ (qurṣālāʾm (plural ܩܘܪܨܠܐ)

  1. nettle
Inflection edit

References edit

  • qwrṣl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-06
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 315a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 499a
  • 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. 1345b