ܟܝܠܐ

Related to Arabic كَيْل (kayl) with the sense of “paradigm” a calque of Arabic وَزْن (wazn).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

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) metre
5. (grammar) paradigm, inflectional pattern or form

• ܟܝܘܼܠܵܐ (kyūlā)

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

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

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

1. measurer, weigher

Nominalised from the active participle of the verb ܟܵܐܹܠ (kāˀēl, “to measure”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܟܵܝܠܵܐ • (kāylā) m sg (plural ܟܵܝ̈ܠܹܐ (kāylē))

1. -meter used mainly in the construct state indicating a tool for measurement

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ܟ̰ܝܼܠܹܐ • (čīlē) f

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

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

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

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).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

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, p. 155a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 618b