ܬܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • (rare) ܬܐܠܐ‎
  • ܬܠܠܐ‎

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒇯 (tillu [DU6]). Compare Arabic تَلّ‎ (tall) and Hebrew תֵּל‎ (tēl).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܠܐ)

  1. hill
  2. tell, mound, pile, earthwork, embankment
  3. ruins
  4. (figuratively) large amount
  5. (sewing, in the plural) needlework in a relief

Inflection
    inflection of ܬܠܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܬܠ‎ ܬܠܝܢ‎
construct ܬܠ‎ ܬܠܝ‎
emphatic ܬܠܐ ܬܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܬܠܝ‎ ܬܠܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your) ܬܠܟ‎ ܬܠܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your) ܬܠܟܝ‎ ܬܠܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his) ܬܠܗ‎ ܬܠܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her) ܬܠܗ‎ ܬܠܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our) ܬܠܢ‎ ܬܠܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your) ܬܠܟܘܢ‎ ܬܠܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your) ܬܠܟܝܢ‎ ܬܠܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their) ܬܠܗܘܢ‎ ܬܠܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their) ܬܠܗܝܢ‎ ܬܠܝܗܝܢ‎

Proper noun

ܬܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f

  1. Tela, a city west of Nisibis

References
  • “tl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 392a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 613a
  • 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. 1646b
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