Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܫ-ܩ-ܠ (š-q-l) related to taking.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʃɛq.lɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃɪq.lɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃeq.lo]

Noun

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ܫܩܠܐ (šeqlām (plural ܫܩܠܐ (šeqlē))

  1. burden, load
  2. tribute, tax, impost
  3. (in the plural) takings, receipts, gains
  4. robe with a train
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܫ-ܩ-ܠ (š-q-l) related to taking. The sense of "syllable" is a calque of Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ) and the sense of "paradigm" is a calque of Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʃ(ə.)ˈqɑ.lɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃqɑ.lɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃqo.lo]

Noun

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ܫܩܠܐ (šəqālām (plural ܫܩܠܐ (šəqālē))

  1. taking, lifting up
  2. taking away, deprivation
  3. assuming
  4. toil, effort, pains, care, diligence
  5. evidence, argument
  6. (logic) conclusion
  7. taking in marriage, choosing a spouse
  8. burden, torture
  9. tribute, payment
  10. part, share, portion, provision
  11. province
  12. mortar (used with a pestle)
  13. (grammar, linguistics) syllable
  14. (grammar) paradigm, verbal form
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References

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  • šql3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-06-23
  • šql2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-06-23
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 379b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 594a-b
  • 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, pages 1597a-1598a