ܡܬܠܐ

From the root ܡ-ܬ-ܠ (m-t-l) related to comparing. Compare Arabic مَثَل (maṯal) and Hebrew מָשָׁל (māšāl).

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ܡܲܬ݂ܠܵܐ • (maṯlā) m (plural ܡܲܬ݂ܠܹܐ (maṯlē))

1. comparison
2. parable, proverb
3. tale, fable
4. myth

From the root ܬ-ܠ-ܐ (t-l-ʾ) related to hanging. Compare Hebrew מִתְלֶה (miṯlê).

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ܡܲܬ݂ܠܵܐ • (maṯlā) m(uncountable)

1. hanging

From the root ܢ-ܬ-ܠ (n-t-l) related to giving. Compare Hebrew מַתָּן (mattān).

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ܡܲܬ݁ܵܠܵܐ or ܡܲܬ݁ܠܵܐ • (mattālā or mattəlā) m (plural ܡܲܬ݁ܵܠܹܐ (mattālē) or ܡܲܬ݁ܠܹܐ (mattəlē))

1. giving
2. gift

• “mtl”, 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, pp. 194a, 215b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 317b
• 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. 869a-b

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