Translingual

Letter

ܠ

1. Syriac letter lamadh

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤋 ‎(l, “lamedh”). Compare Arabic ﻝ ‎(l) and Hebrew ל ‎(l).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [lɑmað]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

ܠ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. lamadh, twelfth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܟ
• Next: ܡ

See also

• ܠܡܕ
• -ܠ

Numeral

ܠ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (cardinal) number thirty (30)

References

• “l”, 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. 166a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 232a
• 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. 665a