ܟܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܟ-ܠ-ܠ (k-l-l). Compare Hebrew כַּלָּה (kallâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kal(lə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܠܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܠܠܬܐ or ܟܠܠܐ)

  1. bride
  2. any female affine: daughter-in-law, sister-in-law
  3. (anatomy) clitoris, prepuce, foreskin
  4. (botany) anemone coronaria, poppy anemone
Inflection
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the root ܟ-ܠ-ܠ (k-l-l). Compare Arabic كِلَّة (killa(t)) and Hebrew כִּלָּה (killâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛl(lə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܠܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܠܠܬܐ or ܟܠܠܐ)

  1. veil, shroud, covering, wrap
  2. curtain, canopy, bedcover
  3. mosquito net
  4. girdle
  5. (theology) angelic order
  6. (figuratively) abundance
Inflection

References

  • klh”, 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, p. 155b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 216b
  • 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, pp. 627b-628a
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