ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܪ ܠ (ˁ r l)
2 terms

From ܥܘܼܪܠܵܐ (ˁurlā, uncircumcised; gentile) + -ܘܼܬܵܐ (-ūtā, the abstract noun ending); compare Arabic غُرْلَة (ḡurla) and Hebrew עָרְלָה ('orlá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕur.luːtɑː]

Noun

ܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܵܐ • (ˁurlūtā) f (plural ܥܘܼܪܠܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ˁurlāwātē))

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, clitoral hood, prepuce
    • Genesis 17:11:
      ܓܵܙܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܕܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܘܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ ܕܘܲܥܕܵܐ ܒܹܝܠܝܼ ܘܒܹܝܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ.
      gāzrīton bisrā d-ʿurlutāwḵon, w-bit hāwē nīšanqā d-waʿdā bēlī w-bēlāwḵon.
      and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
    • Leviticus 12:3:
      ܘܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܬܡܵܢܝܵܐ، ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܕܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܹܗ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܹܫ ܓܙܝܼܪܵܐ.
      w-b-yāwmā d-tmānyā, bisrā d-ʿurlutēh bit pāyēš gzīrā.
      And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  2. uncircumcision
    Antonym: ܓܙܘܼܪܬܵܐ (gzurtā)
    • Romans 2:25
      ܓܙܘܼܪܬܵ‌ܐ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܲܝܕܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܢܵܛܪܹܬ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܫܵܡܛܹܬ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ، ܓܙܘܼܪܬܵ‌ܐ ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܵ‌ܐ.
      gzurtā‌ īt lāh paydā in nāṭrēt nāmosā, īnā in šāmṭēt nāmosā, gzurtā wē lāh ʿurlutā‌.
      For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Inflection

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܥܘܪܠܐ (ʿurlāʾ, uncircumcised; gentile), from the root ܥ-ܪ-ܠ (ʿ-r-l) related to circumcising + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Arabic غُرْلَة (ḡurla) and Hebrew עָרְלָה (ʿorlâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕurluθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕurlawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce
  2. uncircumcision
    Antonym: ܓܙܘܪܬܐ (gəzūrtā)

Inflection

References

  • ˁwrlw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 408a
  • 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. 1087a
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