Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic قَمْلَة (qamla) by metathesis.

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qal.mɑː]

Noun edit

ܩܲܠܡܵܐ (qalmām sg (plural ܩܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ (qalmē))

  1. louse, weevil, parasite
  2. (in the plural, pathology) pediculosis

Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic قَمْلَة (qamla).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qalmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qalme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܩܠܡܐ (transliteration neededc (plural ܩܠܡܐ)

  1. louse, weevil, parasite
  2. (pathology) pediculosis

Inflection edit

References edit

  • qlm”, 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. 320b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 507a
  • 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. 1372b