ܟܝܠܐ

Inherited from Aramaic , from the above root of the noun pattern kaylā; cognate of Arabic كَيْل (kayl) with the sense of “paradigm” a semantic loan from Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

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ܟܲܝܠܵܐ • (kaylā) m sg (plural ܟܲܝ̈ܠܹܐ (kaylē))

1. size, specific set of dimensions for clothing
2. kind of measure used for wine, oil, grain, etc.
3. (figuratively) amount, quantity
4. (poetry, prosody) meter
5. (grammar) paradigm, inflectional pattern or form

• ܟܝܘܼܠܵܐ (kyūlā)

Modified from the above; compare Arabic كَيَّال (kayyāl).

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ܟܲܝܵܠܵܐ • (kayyālā) m sg (plural ܟܲܝ̈ܵܠܹܐ (kayyālē), feminine ܟܲܝܵܠܬܵܐ (kayyāltā))

1. measurer
2. indicating a tool for measurement

   ܟܲܝܵܠ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ― kayyāl ḥaylā ― dynamometer

   ܟܲܝܵܠ ܚܲܡܝܼܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― kayyāl ḥamīmūṯā ― thermometer

   ܟܲܝܵܠ ܩܵܠܵܐ ― kayyāl qālā ― phonometer

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ܟ̰ܝܼܠܹܐ • (čīlē) f

1. alternative form of ܬܫܝܼܠܹܐ (tšīlē, “Chile”)

From the root ܟ ܘ ܠ related to measuring; compare Arabic كَيْل (kayl). The sense of "paradigm" is a calque of Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

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ܟܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܝܠܐ)

1. kind of measure used for wine, oil, grain, etc.
2. (figuratively) amount, quantity
3. (poetry, prosody) metre
4. (grammar) paradigm, inflectional pattern or form

ܟܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. (astronomy) name of a star

Modified from above. Compare Arabic كَيَّال (kayyāl).

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ܟܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܝܠܐ)

1. measurer, weigher

• “kyl”, 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 155a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 213a
• 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, →ISBN, page 618b