gəl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gel"

Azerbaijani

Verb

gəl

  1. second-person singular imperative of gəlmək

Matal

Pronunciation

Noun

gəl

  1. head
    Sufəl, tsa kità kà, kapal gi azlaasik pəra aw, ama pal gi azlaahàl gulo, la gəl gulo gesina (Yuhana 13:9)[2]
    Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head . (John 13:9)
    Nàts gi gəl aŋa Yuhana à tasà à abà, kavà à gi (Mata 14:8)[3]
    Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter (Matthew 14:8)
  2. life
    Dza uwana asal matəf gəl aŋha, adàziŋ ala, ama dza uwana az gəl aŋha ala kà gi, adàɓəl gəl aŋha. (Mata 16:25)[4]
    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find his life. (Matthew 16:25)

References

  1. ^ Rossing, Melvin Olaf (1978) “gəl”, in Mafa-Mada: A Comparative Study of Chadic Languages in North Cameroun, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 46
  2. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/John/13#9
  3. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/14#8
  4. ^ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#25