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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܠ (ɡ-d-l) related to twisting. Compare Arabic جَدْل (jadl) and Hebrew גָּדוֹל (gadól).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܕܠܐ • (gəḏālā) m (plural ܓܕܠܐ (gəḏālē))
- plaiting, twining
- (by extension) anything twisted: garland, wreath, crown; wickerwork
- monastic garment
- excessiveness, overfullness
Inflection
References
- “gdl”, 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 42b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 61a
- 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 206a