Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˁaljɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˁ(ə)lajjɑ(ʔ)], [tˁ(ə)lɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܛܠܝܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܛܠܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܠܝܬܐ)

1. young, youthful, childish
2. new, recent, latest, last
3. next, following

Inflection

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Hebrew טָלֶה ‎(ṭālê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˁaljɑ(ʔ)], [tˁɛllɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˁ(ə)lajjɑ(ʔ)], [tˁɛllɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܠܝܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܛܠܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܠܝܬܐ)

1. boy, child (from seven to twelve years old)
2. servant

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܛܠܝܘܬܐ

Descendants

• Old Armenian: տղայ ‎(tłay)

References

• “Tly”, 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. 127a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 174a, 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, p. 531b