ܥܠܬܐ

From Aramaic עֵלְתָא (ʿelləṯā) with the sense of “disease” is a calque of Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla); compare also Hebrew עִלָּה (ilá).

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ܥܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ • (ˁilṯā) f sg (plural ܥܸܠܠܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ˁillāṯē) or ܥܸܠܠܹ̈ܐ (ˁillē))

1. cause, reason, motive
2. subject, topic (e.g. of a book)
3. (in the plural) receptacles
4. (grammar) subject; noun of a derived adjective
5. (pathology) sickness, illness, disease

   Synonyms: ܡܲܪܥܵܐ (marˁā), ܟܘܼܪܗܵܢܵܐ (kurhānā)

• ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ݂ (min ˁillaṯ, “because of, due to”)
• ܥܸܠܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (ˁilṯānā, “caused”)
• ܡܥܲܠܬܸܢ (mˁaltin, “to cause”)

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܠ (ʿ-l-l). The sense of "disease" is a calque of Arabic عِلَّة (ʕilla). Compare also Hebrew עִלָּה (ʿillâ).

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ܥܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܠܠܬܐ or ܥܠܬܐ or ܥܠܠܐ)

1. cause, reason, motive, pretext, pretense
2. occasion, opportunity
3. necessity
4. means
5. sin, crime, fault
6. proof, evidence, accusation, argument, complaint
7. subject, topic (e.g. of a book)
8. introduction, heading
9. thing, object, article, affair
10. (in the plural) receptacles
11. (grammar) root (noun of a derived adjective)
12. (pathology) sickness, illness, disease

From the root ܥ-ܠ-ܐ (ʿ-l-ʾ) related to raising up. Compare Hebrew עוֹלָה (ʿôlâ).

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ܥܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܥܠܘܬܐ)

1. offering, sacrifice, holocaust, oblation
2. high place, altar

• “ˁlh”, 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. 252a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 416a
• 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, pp. 1106b-1107a