ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܪ ܠ‎ (ʿ r l)
2 terms

From ܥܘܼܪܠܵܐ‎ (ʿurlā, “uncircumcised; gentile”) +‎ -ܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (-utā, the abstract noun ending); compare Arabic غُرْلَة‎ (ḡurla) and Hebrew עָרְלָה‎ ('orlá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕur.luːtɑː]

Noun

ܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܵܐ • (ʿurlutā) f (plural ܥܘܼܪܠܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (ʿurlāwātē))

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, clitoral hood, prepuce
    • Genesis 17:11:
      ‏ܓܵܙܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܕܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܘܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܵܐ ܕܘܲܥܕܵܐ ܒܹܝܠܝܼ ܘܒܹܝܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ.‎‎
      gāzrīton bisrā d-ʿurlutāwḵon, w-bit hāwē nīšanqā d-waʿdā bēlī w-bēlāwḵon.
      and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
    • Leviticus 12:3:
      ‏ܘܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܬܡܵܢܝܵܐ، ܒܸܣܪܵܐ ܕܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܹܗ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܹܫ ܓܙܝܼܪܵܐ.‎‎
      w-b-yāwmā d-tmānyā, bisrā d-ʿurlutēh bit pāyēš gzīrā.
      And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  2. uncircumcision
    Antonym: ܓܙܘܼܪܬܵܐ‎ (gzurtā)
    • Romans 2:25
      ‏ܓܙܘܼܪܬܵ‌ܐ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܲܝܕܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܢܵܛܪܹܬ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܫܵܡܛܹܬ ܢܵܡܘܿܣܵܐ، ܓܙܘܼܪܬܵ‌ܐ ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܥܘܼܪܠܘܼܬܵ‌ܐ.‎‎
      gzurtā‌ īt lāh paydā in nāṭrēt nāmosā, īnā in šāmṭēt nāmosā, gzurtā wē lāh ʿurlutā‌.
      For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Inflection

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܥܘܪܠܐ‎ (ʿurlāʾ, “uncircumcised; gentile”), from the root ܥ-ܪ-ܠ‎ (ʿ-r-l) related to circumcising + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ‎ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Arabic غُرْلَة‎ (ḡurla) and Hebrew עָרְלָה‎ (ʿorlâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕurluθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕurlawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܘܪܠܘܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) foreskin, prepuce
  2. uncircumcision
    Antonym: ܓܙܘܪܬܐ‎ (gəzūrtā)

Inflection

References

  • “ˁwrlw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 408a
  • 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. 1087a
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