Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣal(lə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣalle(ʔ)], [m(ə)ɣallɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܠܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܡܓܠܬܐ or ܡܓܐܠܐ or ܡܓܠܐ)

1. scroll, roll
2. parchment, sheet, skin
3. (in the plural) notes
4. volume, codex
5. schedule
6. (law) codicil
7. (finance) bond, debenture, promissory note

Inflection

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մագաղաթ ‎(magałatʿ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡɡal(lə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܓܠܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܡܓܠܐ)

1. (rare) Alternative form of ܡܓܠܐ

Inflection

References

• “mglh”, 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. 47b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 250b
• 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. 709b