ܡܥܠܐ

Noun of place derived from the verb ܥܵܐܹܠ (ˁāˀēl, “to enter”).

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ܡܲܥܠܵܐ • (maˁlā) m sg (plural ܡܲܥܠܹ̈ܐ (maˁlē))

1. entrance, entryway, way in
2. (figurative) introduction, beginning, commencement

   Synonym: ܫܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (šurrāyā)

• ܡܲܦܩܵܐ (mapqā)

Causative of ܥܵܠܹܐ (ˁālē, “to ascend”).

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ܡܲܥܠܹܐ • (maˁlē) (present participle ܡܲܥܠܘܿܝܹܐ (maˁlōyē), past participle ܡܘܼܥܠܝܵܐ (muˁlyā))

1. (transitive, physically) to position or make higher/high, elevate, raise see usage notes

   Antonym: ܡܲܚܬܹܐ (maḥtē)

   ܐܲܥܠܝܼ ܐܝܼܕ݂ܘܿܟ݂ ܕܕܵܓ݂ܲܢ ܠܘܿܟ݂ ― aˁlī īḏōḵ ddāḡan lōḵ ― Raise your hand so I can see you.

   ܐܲܥܠܝܼ ܠܹܗ ܦܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ ܕܟܵܢܫܸܢ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ݂ܹܗ ― aˁlī lēh pāṯōrā dkānšin ḥōṯēh ― Elevate the table so I can clean under it.

2. to turn up volume

• (to position higher): This verb is used for literally and physically elevating something or someone’s position, and not, for example, bringing something upstairs, or any figurative usage. For that, the verb ܡܲܣܸܩ (massiq) is used, where there may sometimes be semantic overlap.

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܠ (ʿ-l-l) related to entering.

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ܡܥܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܥܠܐ)

1. entrance
2. coming, return, arrival
3. introduction, beginning, commencement
4. dedication

• ܡܦܩܐ

• “mˁl”, 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. 252b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 289a
• 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. 801a