ܡܓܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܠ (ɡ-l-l) related to rolling. Compare Akkadian 𒈠𒃲𒆳 (/magallatu/), Arabic مَجَلَّة (maǧalla(t)), and Hebrew מְגִלָּה (məḡillâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ɣal(lə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ɣalle(ʔ)], [m(ə)ɣallɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܠܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܓܠܬܐ or ܡܓܐܠܐ or ܡܓܠܐ)

  1. scroll, roll
  2. parchment, sheet, skin
  3. (in the plural) notes
  4. volume, codex
  5. schedule
  6. (law) codicil
  7. (finance) bond, debenture, promissory note
Inflection

Descendants

  • → Old Armenian: մագաղաթ (magałatʿ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɡɡal(lə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܓܠܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܓܠܐ)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of ܡܓܠܐ
Inflection

References

  • mglh”, 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. 47b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 250b
  • 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. 709b
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