ܘܠܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē), from Aramaic וָלֵא (wālē, active participle of a defective verb, literally “it is fitting”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܘܵܠܹܐ • (wālē)

1. it is fitting, is it right; must, have to, should indicates obligation

   Synonyms: ܙܵܕ݂ܹܩ (zāḏēq), ܓܵܪܲܓ (gārag), ܠܵܙܹܡ (lāzēm)

   ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܟܡܵܐ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܕܗܵܘܹܝܬ ܬܲܡܵܐ؟ ― šāˁaṯ kmā wālē lūḵ d-hāwēt tammā? ― At what time do you have to be there?

   ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܕܡܵܛܹܝܢ ܠܣܸܕ݂ܪܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ. ― wālē lī d-māṭēn l-siḏrā min qam malpānā. ― I must arrive in class before the teacher.

   ܠܵܐ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܕܦܵܠܹܫ ܥܲܡܵܗ̇. ― lā wālē lēh d-pālēš ˁammāh. ― He shouldn't fight with her.

• While ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē) is an adverb, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb; followed by its suffixes agreeing with the subject in person, gender, and number. Its corresponding past tense is expressed by ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē) + ܗ݇ܘܵܐ/ܗ݇ܘܵܬ݇/ܗ݇ܘܵܘ (wā).
• This adverb is considered to be of high modality; contrasted with ܫܘܼܕ (šūd) or ܝܵܐܹܐ (yāˀē, “should, ought to”) which is weaker and of medium to low modality.

• ܘܵܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (wālīṯā, “duty, obligation, honesty, that which is fitting”)
• ܘܵܠܝܵܝܵܐ (wālyāyā, “obligatory, adequate”)
• ܘܵܠܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (wālyāˀīṯ, “fittingly, decently”)

From ܘ- (w-, “and”) +‎ ܠܵܐ (lā, “not”); compare Hebrew וָלֹא (való) and Arabic وَلَا (walā).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܘܠܵܐ • (w-lā)

1. nor, or else

   ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ ܕܟܹܐ ܦܵܠܫܝܼ ܩܵܐ ܕܲܗܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܐܝܼܩܵܪܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܬܟ݂ܝܼܠܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― gaḇrē d-kē pālšī qā dahḇā layt lhōn īqārā w-lā tḵīlūṯā. ― Men who fight for gold have neither honor nor loyalty.

   ܠܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܟ݂ܠܹܢ ܘܠܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܫܵܬ݂ܹܝܢ ܗܲܠ ܕܕܵܥܹܪ ܐܸܠܝܼ ― lā bit āḵlēn w-lā bit šāṯēn hal d-dāˁēr ilī ― I will not eat nor drink until he returns to me.

ܘܠܐ • (wēlā(ʾ)) f (plural ܘܠܣ or ܘܠܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܘܝܠܐ

ܘܠܐ • (wālē) m active participle

1. it is fitting, it is right

From ܘ (w, “and”) and ܠܵܐ (lā, “not”).

ܘܠܐ • (w(ə)-lā)

1. nor