ܣܡܠܐ

From Aramaic סְמָלָא (səmālā), from Proto-Semitic *śimaʔl-; compare Arabic شِمَال (šimāl), Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (s'mól) Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl).

• ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ:
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• ܣܸܡܹܠܹܐ:
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ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ • (simmālā) f sg (plural ܣܸܡܵܠܹ̈ܐ (simmālē))

1. (uncountable) left direction

   Synonym: ܟ̰ܲܦܹܐ (čappē)

2. (anatomy) left hand
   • Matthew 6:3:

     ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ، ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܕܹܬ ܐܸܪܘܵܢܵܐ، ܠܵܐ ܫܵܒ݂ܩܹܬ ܣܸܡܵܠܘܼܟ݂ ܝܵܕܥܵܐ ܡܘܼܕܝܼ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܝܲܡܝܼܢܘܼܟ݂،

     īnā at, īman d-ˁāḇdēt irwānā, lā šāḇqēt simmālūḵ yādˁā mūdī biˁḇādā ìlāh yamīnūḵ,

     But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

3. (by extension) small bundle of grass or produce (held in the left hand during harvesting)
4. (politics) left, left-wing

• ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā)

ܣܸܡܹܠܹܐ • (simmēlē) f

1. Simele (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq)
2. Clipping of ܩܛܵܠܥܲܡܵܐ ܕܣܸܡܹܠܹܐ (“The Simele Genocide”)

• → Arabic: سِمِيلْ (simīl)

Compare Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmōl).

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ܣܡܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܡܠܐ)

1. left (direction)
2. (anatomy) left hand

• ܝܡܝܢܐ

• ܒܪ ܣܡܠܐ
• ܣܡܠܐܝܬ
• ܣܡܠܝܐ
• ܣܡܠܝܘܬܐ
• ܣܡܠܬܢܝܐ
• ܡܣܡܠܐ

• “smˀl”, 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. 231a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 381b
• 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. 1020a