ܟܘܚܠܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Inherited from Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, “antimon, stibium”); cognates Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) and Hebrew כָּחָל (kāḥāl).

Alternative forms

ܟܚܠܐ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥlā) m(uncountable)

kohl
stibium, antimony

Inflection

Inflection of **ܟܘܚܠܐ**
	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
	state	form		person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܚܘܠ		1^st person	ܟܘܚܠܝ		ܟܘܚܠܢ
	construct	ܟܚܘܠ		2^nd person	ܟܘܚܠܟ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝ	ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܚܠܐ		3^rd person	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ

Descendants

→ Arabic: كُحل
- → Afar: kucúl
- → English: kohl
- → Ge'ez: ኵሕል (kʷəḥəl)
- Japanese: クハル (kuharu), Japanese: クフル (kufuru)
- Kurdish:
  → Northern Kurdish: kil
  → Central Kurdish: کِل (kil)
  → Southern Kurdish: کِڵ (kill)
- → Medieval Latin: alcohol (see there for further descendants)
- → Persian: کحل (kohl)

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Verbal noun of ܟܚܠ (kaḥḥel, “to apply kohl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥḥālā) m(uncountable)

use of kohl, application of kohl to the eyes

Inflection

Inflection of **ܟܘܚܠܐ**
	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
	state	form		person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܘܚܠ		1^st person	ܟܘܚܠܝ		ܟܘܚܠܢ
	construct	ܟܘܚܠ		2^nd person	ܟܘܚܠܟ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝ	ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܚܠܐ		3^rd person	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗ	ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ	ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ

References

“kwḥl”, 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, p. 154b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 207b
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. 604b

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