ܟܠܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܟܠܟܐ • (transliteration neededf (plural ܟܠܟܐ)

  1. raft
  2. (figuratively) ice floe

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܠܟܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܠܟ 1st person ܟܠܟܝ ܟܠܟܢ
construct ܟܠܟ 2nd person ܟܠܟܟ ܟܠܟܟܝ ܟܠܟܟܘܢ ܟܠܟܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܠܟܐ 3rd person ܟܠܟܗ ܟܠܟܗ ܟܠܟܗܘܢ ܟܠܟܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܠܟܝܢ 1st person ܟܠܟܝ ܟܠܟܝܢ
construct ܟܠܟܝ 2nd person ܟܠܟܝܟ ܟܠܟܝܟܝ ܟܠܟܝܟܘܢ ܟܠܟܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܠܟܐ 3rd person ܟܠܟܘܗܝ ܟܠܟܝܗ ܟܠܟܝܗܘܢ ܟܠܟܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Arabic: كلك

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