ܘܝܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From either Latin vēlum or Ancient Greek βῆλον (bêlon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [we(j)lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [we(j)le], [welas] (plural)

Noun

ܘܝܠܐ • (wēylā) f (plural ܘܝܠܣ or ܘܝܠܐ)

  1. veil, curtain, cover

Further reading

  • “wlˀ”, 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, page 81b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 358a
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