ܥܠܘܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛlwɑ(ʔ)], [ʕalwɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛlwe(ʔ)], [ʕalwe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܠܘܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܠܘܐ)

  1. bag, skin, leathern bottle
  2. bellows
  3. spirit of the dead
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܐ (ʿ-l-ʾ) related to raising up.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lɑwɑ(ʔ)], [ʕɛllɑwɑ(ʔ)], [ʕɛlwɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)lɑwe(ʔ)], [ʕɛllɑwe(ʔ)], [ʕɛlwe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܠܘܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܠܘܐ)

  1. waking up, awakening, lucidity, waking life
Usage notes

This word is often used in the plural.

Inflection
Antonyms

References

  • ˁlwˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 253a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 414a
  • 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. 1100a
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