Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maθlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maθle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܬܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܬܠܐ)

1. comparison
2. parable, proverb
3. tale, fable
4. myth

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܬ-ܠ-ܐ ‎(t-l-ʾ) related to hanging. Compare Hebrew מִתְלֶה ‎(miṯlê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maθlɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܬܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. hanging

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܢ-ܬ-ܠ ‎(n-t-l) related to giving. Compare Hebrew מַתָּן ‎(mattān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mattɑlɑ(ʔ)], [mat(tə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mattɑle(ʔ)], [mat(tə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܬܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܬܠܐ)

1. giving
2. gift

Inflection

References

• “mtl”, 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, pp. 194a, 215b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 317b
• 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. 869a-b

Anagrams

• ܡܠܬܐ