ܐܬܠܝܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔaθle̝tˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔaθle̝tˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܬܠܝܛܐ • (ʾaṯlêṭāʾ) m (plural ܐܬܠܝܛܐ)

1. athlete, champion
2. combatant, fighter, warrior
3. (by extension, figuratively) martyr

   Synonym: ܣܗܕܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܬܠܝܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܬܠܝܛ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܢ
construct	ܐܬܠܝܛ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝ
emphatic	ܐܬܠܝܛܐ	ܐܬܠܝܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܬܠܝܛܝ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܬܠܝܛܟ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܬܠܝܛܟܝ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܬܠܝܛܗ	ܐܬܠܝܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܬܠܝܛܗ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܬܠܝܛܢ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܬܠܝܛܟܘܢ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܬܠܝܛܟܝܢ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܬܠܝܛܗܘܢ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܬܠܝܛܗܝܢ	ܐܬܠܝܛܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܬܠܝܛܐܝܬ (ʾaṯlêṭāʾīṯ)
• ܐܬܠܝܛܘܬܐ (ʾaṯlêṭūṯāʾ)

References

• “ˀtlyṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-27
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 22a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 32b
• 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. 111b-112a