ܓܠܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܠ (ɡ-l-l) related to rolling. Compare Hebrew גַּל (gal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡal(lə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡal(lə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܠܐ • (gallā) m (plural ܓܠܠܐ)

  1. wave, billow
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܠ (ɡ-l-l) related to rolling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)lɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)lɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܠܠܐ)

  1. (geography) floodplain, valley
  2. spring, fountain
  3. roundness, rotundity
Inflection

Noun

ܓܠܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܠܠܐ)

  1. Alternative spelling of ܓܠܐ

References

  • gll”, 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, p. 47a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 71a
  • 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, pp. 231b, 238a-b
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