ܡܛܠܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܛ ܠ ܠ (ṭ l l)
2 terms

Etymology

Compare Arabic مِظَلَّة (miẓalla) and Hebrew מְצִילָּה (metzilá) with the sense of “sukkot” a calque of Biblical Hebrew סֻכּוֹת (sukkôṯ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mətˤal.ləθɑː]

Noun

ܡܛܲܠܬ݂ܵܐ • (mṭalṯā) f sg (plural ܡܛܲܠܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mṭallāṯē) or ܡܛܲܠܹ̈ܐ (mṭallē))

  1. awning, shade, alcove, canopy
  2. booth, hut, shed, tent, tabernacle, sukkah
  3. (Judaism, in the plural) Sukkot
  4. (modern) umbrella, parasol

Inflection

Hyponyms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܛ-ܠ-ܠ (ṭ-l-l) related to shading. Compare Arabic مِظَلَّة (miẓalla) and Hebrew מְצִילָּה (məṣîllâ). The sense of "Sukkot" is a calque of Hebrew סֻכּוֹת (sukkôṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)tˤall(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܡܛܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܛܐܠܠܐ or ܡܛܐܠܐ or ܡܛܠܠܐ or ܡܛܠܐ)

  1. booth, hut, shed, tent, tabernacle, sukkah
  2. (Judaism, in the plural) Sukkot

Inflection

References

  • mṭlh”, 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. 126b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 267b
  • 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. 748a
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