𐡕𐡋𐡕𐡄

Aramaic

Etymology

From Old Aramaic 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤄 (šlšh /⁠ṯalāṯah⁠/), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /talaːθaː/

Numeral

𐡕𐡋‎𐡕𐡄 • (talāṯām (feminine 𐡕𐡋‎𐡕 (talāṯ))

  1. three

Descendants

  • Biblical Aramaic: תלתא m (talāṯā)
  • Samaritan Aramaic: ࠕࠟࠋࠟࠕࠠࠄ m (talāta)
  • Classical Syriac: ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ m (tlāṯa)
  • Classical Mandaic: ࡕࡋࡀࡕࡀ m (tlāṯa)
  • Turoyo: ܬܠܳܬ݂ܳܐ m (tloṯo)
  • Western Neo-Aramaic: ܬ݂ܠܳܬ݂ܰܐ m (ṯlōṯa)

References

Peter W. Coxon (1979) “The Problem of Consonantal Mutations in Biblical Aramaic”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1], volume 129, page 16