ܐܟܠܐ

Verbal noun of the verb ܐܵܟ݂ܸܠ (āḵil, “to eat”)

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪxaːlaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔiːxaːla]

ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ • (iḵālā) m (plural ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ (iḵālānē))

1. (uncountable) food

   ܠܲܝܬ ܠܲܢ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ ܒܒܲܝܬܵܐ

   layt lan kabīrā iḵālā bbaytā

   We don’t have a lot of food at home.

2. type of food

   ܗ̇ܝ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ ܡܵܪܹܐ ܛܲܥܡܵܐ!

   aya ìlēh ḥa iḵālā mārē ṭaˁmā!

   This is a type of food with great flavor!

Compare Akkadian 𒄑𒃻𒄢 (akkullu [^GEŠNIG₂.GUL]).

• IPA^(key): [ʔaxlɑ], [ʔakkɑlɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔaxle], [ʔakkɑle] (plural)

ܐܟܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܟܠܐ)

1. hammer

• ܐܟܠܘܢܐ (ʾaḵlōnā)

From the root ܐ ܟ ܠ related to eating. Compare Arabic آكِل (ʔākil) and Hebrew אֹכֵל (ʾōḵēl).

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑxlɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɑxle] (plural)

ܐܟܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܟܠܐ)

1. eater
2. (by extension) worm, bookworm, weevil, cheese mite, maggot, moth

• “ˀkl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 14 August 2013
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 9a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 15b, 16b
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