ܠܘܬ

Contracted from the construct state of the unused noun *ܠܘܬܐ (ləwāṯā, “being with, association”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [lə.wɑθː]

ܠܘܵܬ • (lwāt)

1. towards, in the direction of, after, in accordance with

   Synonyms: ܠ- (l-), ܠܪܹܝܫ (lrēš)

   ܡܗܘܼܠܸܟ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܠܘܵܬ݂ ܬܲܪܥܵܐ. ― mhūliḵ lāh lwāṯ tarˁā. ― She walked toward the door.

Verb extracted from the above.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [lɑːweθː]

ܠܵܘܹܬ݂ • (lāwēṯ) (present participle ܠܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (lwāṯā), past participle ܠܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (lwīṯā))

1. (transitive) to connect, link, join

   ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܠܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܠܦܪܵܣܢܵܘܠܵܐ. ― lē ìlēh bilwāṯā l-prāsnāwlā. ― It’s not connecting to the internet.

   ܟܲܒ݂ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܠܵܘܹܬ݂ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܸܦܣܵܐ ܠܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ ܒܸܪܩܵܝܵܐ. ― kaḇlā kē lāwēṯ min qipsā l-mabūˁā birqāyā. ― The cable connects from the plug to the electrical source.

• ܡܲܠܘܸܬ (malwit)

Contracted from the construct state of the unused noun *ܠܘܬܐ (ləwāṯā, “being with, association”).

• IPA^(key): [l(ə.)wɑθ]

ܠܘܬ • (ləwāṯ)

1. at, near, with, chez
2. against, in front of
3. to, towards, for
4. regarding
5. following, according to

Takes type-I suffixes.

• “lwt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 170b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 238b-239a
• 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, p. 682a