ܡܠܘܐܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܡܠܘܐ
  • ܡܠܘܘܐ
  • ܡܠܘܘܐܐ

Etymology

From the root ܡ-ܠ-ܐ (m-l-ʾ) related to filling. Compare Hebrew מְלוֹא (məlôʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)loʔɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)loʔe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܘܐܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܠܘܐܐ)

  1. completion, fullness
  2. abundance
  3. amount, sum, total, quantity, volume
  4. gain, profit
  5. material, matter
  6. strength, vigour
  7. argument, evidence
  8. secretion

Inflection

References

  • mlwˀ”, 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. 184b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 275b
  • 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. 765b
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