ܟܠܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒋢𒅗𒆷𒆠 (/kalakku, kelek/), from Sumerian 𒋢𒆠𒇲 (/kila/, box, container, vessel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kalkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kalke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܠܟܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܠܟܐ)

  1. raft
  2. (figuratively) ice floe

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • klk”, 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. 156b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 216b
  • 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. 626a
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