ܐܟܠܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܐ ܟ ܠ (ˀ k l)
4 terms

Verbal noun of the verb ܐܵܟ݂ܸܠ (āḵil, to eat)

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ (iḵālām (plural ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ (iḵālānē))

  1. (uncountable) food
    ܠܲܝܬ ܠܲܢ ܟܲܒܝܼܪܵܐ ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ ܒܒܲܝܬܵܐlayt lan kabīrā iḵālā bbaytāWe don’t have a lot of food at home.
  2. type of food
    ܗ̇ܝ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܐܸܟ݂ܵܠܵܐ ܡܵܪܹܐ ܛܲܥܡܵܐ!aya ìlēh ḥa iḵālā mārē ṭaˁmā!This is a type of food with great flavor!

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒄑𒃻𒄢 (akkullu ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܟܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܟܠܐ)

  1. hammer
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܠ (ʾ-k-l) related to eating. Compare Arabic آكِل (ʔākil) and Hebrew אֹכֵל (ʾōḵēl).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܟܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܟܠܐ)

  1. eater
  2. (by extension) worm, bookworm, weevil, cheese mite, maggot, moth
Inflection

References

  • ˀkl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 9a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 15b, 16b
  • 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. 42a