ܐܠܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the older form *ܥܠܥܐ (ʿelʿā); unattested in Classical Syriac, from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́lʿ. Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʿ) and Hebrew צֶלַע (ṣélaʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛlʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛlʕe] (plural)

Noun

ܐܠܥܐ (ʾelʿā) f (plural ܐܠܥܐ (ʾelʿē))

  1. (anatomy) rib
  2. (figuratively) wife
  3. (geometry, architecture) side

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܐܠܥܢܝܐ (ʾelʿānāyā)
  • ܣܓܝܐܬ ܐܠܥܐ

References

  • ˁlˁ”, 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, page 10b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18a
  • 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, page 50a-b
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