ܠܝܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܠܐܩܐ (lēqā), ܠܩܐ (lēqā)

Etymology

From the root ܠ-ܝ-ܩ (l-y-q) related to rowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [le̝.qɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [le̝.qe] (plural)

Noun

ܠܝܩܐ • (lêqā) m (plural ܠܝܩܐ)

  1. oar
  2. (figuratively) controls, rudder, helm, reins, wheel, etc.

Inflection

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: ղեկ (łek), ղեակ (łeak), յղեակ (yłeak)
    • Armenian: ղեկ (ġek) (learned)

References

  • lyq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-07
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 174a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 241b
  • 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, page 689a
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