ܕܘܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܕ-ܠ-ܐ‎ (d-l-ʾ) related to drawing water. Compare Aramaic דול‎ (daul, “bucket”), Akkadian [script needed] (dalū, dūlu, “bucket”), Arabic دَلْو‎ (dalw), Hebrew דְּלִי‎ (dəlî), as well as the Old Armenian loanword դոյլ (doyl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dawlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dawle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܘܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܕܘܠܐ)

  1. bucket, pail
Inflection

Proper noun

ܕܘܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Aquarius (constellation and zodiac sign)

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ-ܠ-ܠ‎ (d-l-l) related to spinning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dullɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dulle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܘܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܕܘܠܐ)

  1. thread
  2. hank, woof
Inflection

References

  • “dwl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 60b, 65a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 86a-b
  • 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. 282a-b
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