Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (rare) ܡܓܠܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡ(ɡə)lɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maɡ(ɡə)le(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܓܠܐ • ‎(maggǝlā) f ‎(plural ܡܓܠܐ)

1. (agriculture) sickle

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܚܨܘܕܐ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: մանգաղ ‎(mangał) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “mgl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մանգաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 251b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 197a
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1896) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 133
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 311
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 250b
• 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, page 709a

Etymology 2

Same as above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maɡ(ɡə)lɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܓܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܡܓܠܬܐ

Etymology 3

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܠ ‎(ɡ-l-l)

Noun

ܡܓܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܡܓܠܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣallɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܓܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܡܓܠܬܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ɣalle(ʔ)]

Anagrams

• ܓܡܠܐ