ܐܝܠܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾayyal-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔajl(ə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔajlɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܐܝܠܬܐ • (ʾaylṯā) f (plural ܐܝܠܬܐ (ʾaylāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܐܝܠܐ (ʾaylā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܝܠܐ | 1st person | ܐܝܠܬܝ | ܐܝܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܝܠܬ | 2nd person | ܐܝܠܬܟ | ܐܝܠܬܟܝ | ܐܝܠܬܟܘܢ | ܐܝܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܝܠܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܝܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܬܗܘܢ | ܐܝܠܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܝܠܢ | 1st person | ܐܝܠܬܢ | ܐܝܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܝܠܬ | 2nd person | ܐܝܠܬܟ | ܐܝܠܬܟܝ | ܐܝܠܬܟܘܢ | ܐܝܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܝܠܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܝܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܬܗܘܢ | ܐܝܠܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Either a diminutive of ܐܝܠܢܐ (ʾīlānā, “tree”) or from Hebrew אֵלָה (ʾēlâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔiltɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʔi(l)lɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܐܝܠܬܐ • (ʾīlṯā) f (plural ܐܝܠܠܬܐ (ʾīlāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܝܠܐ | 1st person | ܐܝܠܬܝ | ܐܝܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܝܠܬ | 2nd person | ܐܝܠܬܟ | ܐܝܠܬܟܝ | ܐܝܠܬܟܘܢ | ܐܝܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܐܝܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܬܗܘܢ | ܐܝܠܬܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܐܝܠܠܢ | 1st person | ܐܝܠܠܬܝ | ܐܝܠܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܝܠܠܬ | 2nd person | ܐܝܠܠܬܟ | ܐܝܠܠܬܟܝ | ܐܝܠܠܬܟܘܢ | ܐܝܠܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܝܠܠܬܐ | 3rd person | ܐܝܠܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܠܬܗ | ܐܝܠܠܬܗܘܢ | ܐܝܠܠܬܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
- (forest): ܥܒܐ (ʿāḇā)
References
- “ˀylh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ˀyltˀ”, 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 7b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 13b
- 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, →ISBN, page 35b