ܦܥܠܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܦ-ܥ-ܠ (p-ʿ-l) related to working.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɑʕl(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɑʕlɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܥܠܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܦܥܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܦܥܠܐ)

  1. worker, labourer/laborer
  2. helper, assistant
  3. performer
  4. author

Inflection

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References

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  • pˁl”, 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. 282b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 453b
  • 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. 1216b