ܡܬܠܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ܬܠܵܬܵܐ‎ (tlātā)
    Ordinal: ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝܵܐ‎ (tlītāyā)
    Multiplier: ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ (mtaltā)
    Fractional: ܬܘܼܠܬܵܐ‎ (tultā)
Root
ܬ ܠ ܬ‎ (t l t)
5 terms

Cogante to Arabic مُثَلَّث‎ (muṯallaṯ) and Hebrew מְשֻׁלָּשׁ‎ (meshulásh). The sense of “musical instrument” is a semantic loan from English triangle.

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [mə.tal.tɑː]

Adjective

ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ • (mtaltā) (feminine ܡܬܲܠܲܬܬܵܐ‎ (mtallattā), plural ܡܬܲܠܬܹ̈ܐ (mtaltē))

  1. triple, threefold
  2. triangular

Noun

ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ • (mtaltā) m sg (plural ܡܬܲܠܬܹ̈ܐ (mtaltē))

  1. (geometry) triangle (polygon with three sides and three angles)
  2. (music) triangle (percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape)
  3. (astronomy) Triangulum
Derived terms
  • ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܡܬܲܠܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (mmallut mtaltē, “trigonometry”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܒܵܐ‎ (mtaltā dḥubā, “love triangle”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܚܠܝܼܦ ܐܸܠܥܹ̈ܐ‎ (mtaltā ḥlip ilʿē, “scalene triangle”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܚܲܪܝܼܦ ܙܵܘܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (mtaltā ḥarip zāwyātē, “acute triangle”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܫܵܗܹܐ ܙܵܘܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (mtaltā šāhē zāwyātē, “obtuse triangle”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܫܘܹܐ ܐܸܠܥܹ̈ܐ‎ (mtaltā šwē ilʿē, “equilateral triangle”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܫܘܹܐ ܫܵܩܹ̈ܐ‎ (mtaltā šwē šāqē, “isosceles triangle”)
  • ܡܬܲܠܬܵܐ ܬܪܝܼܨ ܙܵܘܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (mtaltā triṣ zāwyātē, “right-angled triangle”)
  • ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܡܬܲܠܬܵܝܵܐ‎ (nsīrā mtaltāyā, “triangular prism”)
  • ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝ ܙܵܘܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (tlītāy zāwyātē, “triangular”)

Etymology 2
Root
ܬ ܠ ܐ‎ (t l ʾ)
1 term

Reduplicated form from ܬܵܠܹܐ‎ (tālē, “to suspend, hang up”)

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [mtallteː]

Verb

ܡܬܲܠܬܹܐ • (mtaltē) (present participle ܡܬܲܠܬܘܿܝܹܐ‎ (mtaltoyē), past participle ܡܬܘܼܠܬܝܵܐ‎ (mtultyā))

  1. (intransitive) to hang, dangle
    ‏ܗܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܬܲܠܬܘܿܝܹܐ ܒܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ‎
    hwē lāh mtaltoyē b-īlānā
    She’s dangling on the tree.
  2. to swing from bar to bar, pole to pole, etc.
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