Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܬܥܠܐ

Etymology edit

From Aramaic תַּעֲלָא (taʿălāʾ), from Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-; compare Akkadian 𒈜 (šēlebu), Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), Hebrew שׁוּעָל (shu'ál), and Ugaritic 𐎘𐎓𐎍𐎁 (ṯʿlb).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [taʕ.lɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [taːlɑː]

Noun edit

ܬܲܥܠܵܐ (taˁlām (plural ܬܲܥܠܹ̈ܐ (taˁlē), feminine ܬܲܥܠܬܵܐ (taˁltā))

  1. fox
  2. (figuratively) deceptive or cunning person

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-. Compare Akkadian 𒈜 (šēlebu), Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šûʿāl), and Ugaritic 𐎘𐎓𐎍𐎁 (ṯʿlb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [taʕlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [taʕle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܬܥܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܬܥܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܥܠܬܐ)

  1. fox

Inflection edit

References edit

  • tˁl”, 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. 395a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 617a
  • 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. 1657b