ܐܝܫܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌑𒌃 (ašlu /⁠^ÚNINNI₅⁠/, “rush; rope”). Also encountered in Arabic أَشْل (ʔašl) and Hebrew אֵשֶׁל (ʾḗšel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔiʃlɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔiʃle] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܫܠܐ • (ʾīšlā) m (plural ܐܝܫܠܐ (ʾīšlē))

1. rope, cable

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܝܫܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܝܫܠ		1st person	ܐܝܫܠܝ		ܐܝܫܠܢ
	construct	ܐܝܫܠ		2nd person	ܐܝܫܠܟ	ܐܝܫܠܟܝ	ܐܝܫܠܟܘܢ	ܐܝܫܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܝܫܠܐ		3rd person	ܐܝܫܠܗ	ܐܝܫܠܗ	ܐܝܫܠܗܘܢ	ܐܝܫܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܝܫܠܝܢ		1st person	ܐܝܫܠܝ		ܐܝܫܠܝܢ
	construct	ܐܝܫܠܝ		2nd person	ܐܝܫܠܝܟ	ܐܝܫܠܝܟܝ	ܐܝܫܠܝܟܘܢ	ܐܝܫܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܝܫܠܐ		3rd person	ܐܝܫܠܘܗܝ	ܐܝܫܠܝܗ	ܐܝܫܠܝܗܘܢ	ܐܝܫܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀšl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 8a
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 39
• 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 39a
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 35