Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛl(lə)fɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛl(lə)fe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܠܦܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܠܦܐ)

1. ship, boat, galley

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܐܠܦܘܢܝܬܐ
• ܐܠܦܪܐ
• ܐܠܦܪܘܬܐ

Proper noun

ܐܠܦܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f

1. (astronomy) Argo Navis
2. (astronomy) setting of Pleiades

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἄλφα ‎(álpha), from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 ‎(ʾlp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔalpɑ(ʔ)], [ʔalfɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܠܦܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. alpha (Greek letter Α)

Derived terms

• ܐܠܦܐ ܒܝܛܐ
• ܡܢ ܐܠܦܐ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܐܘ

See also

• ܐܠܦ

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic أَلْف ‎(ʾalf) and Hebrew אֶלֶף ‎(ʾéleᵽ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔalpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔal(ə)fe(ʔ)], [ʔal(ə)fajjɑ(ʔ)], [ʔal(ə)fɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Numeral

ܐܠܦܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܠܦܝܐ or ܐܠܦܐ)

1. thousand

Inflection

References

• “)lp”, 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. 10b-11a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 18a-b
• 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, pp. 50b-51a