ܡܓܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܠ‎ (ɡ-l-l) related to rolling. Compare Akkadian 𒈠𒃲𒆳 (/magallatu/), Arabic مَجَلَّة‎ (majalla), and Hebrew מְגִלָּה‎ (məḡillâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ɣal(lə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)ɣalle], [m(ə)ɣallɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܓܠܬܐ or ܡܓܐܠܐ‎ or ܡܓܠܐ‎)

  1. scroll, roll
  2. parchment, sheet, skin
  3. (in the plural) notes
  4. volume, codex
  5. schedule
  6. (law) codicil
  7. (finance) bond, debenture, promissory note
Inflection
Descendants
  • → Old Armenian: մագաղաթ (magałatʿ)
  • → Old Georgian: მაგალითი (magaliti)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maɡɡal(lə)θɑ]

Noun

ܡܓܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܓܠܐ‎)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of ܡܓܠܐ‎
Inflection

References

  • “mglh”, 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 47b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 250b
  • 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, page 709b
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