Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔajl(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔajlɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܝܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܐܝܠܐ)

1. doe, hind (female deer)

Inflection

Etymology 2

Either a diminutive of ܐܝܠܢܐ ‎(ʾīlānā(ʾ), “tree”) or from Hebrew אֵלָה ‎(ʾēlâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔiltɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔi(l)lɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܝܠܠܬܐ)

1. small tree, bush, shrub; branch
2. (by extension) forest

Inflection

Synonyms

• (forest): ܥܒܐ

References

• “)ylh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 7b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 13b
• 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. 35b