Classical Syriac

Noun

ܟܢܘܢܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܟܢܘܢܝܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) wrist, palm (of the hand), sole (of the foot)

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κανών ‎(kanṓn).

Noun

ܟܢܘܢܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܟܢܘܢܝܬܐ)

1. plumb line
2. ruler, straight edge

Inflection

References

• “knwnh”, 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. 158a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 218a
• 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. 633b