Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡal(lə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡal(lə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܠܐ • ‎(gallā) m ‎(plural ܓܠܠܐ)

1. wave, billow

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܠ ‎(ɡ-l-l) related to rolling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)lɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡ(ə)lɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܠܠܐ)

1. (geography) floodplain, valley
2. spring, fountain
3. roundness, rotundity

Inflection

Etymology 3

Noun

ܓܠܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܠܠܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܓܠܐ

References

• “gll”, 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. 47a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 71a
• 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. 231b, 238a-b