ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܟܠܩܪܨܐ

Etymology

From ܐܟܠ (ʾāḵel, “eater of”) + ܩܪܨܐ (qarṣāʾ, “chewed morsel; slander”), partial calque of Akkadian [script needed] (karṣī akālu, “slander”), from [script needed] (karṣu, “slander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑxɛlqarsˤɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܟܠܝ ܩܪܨܐ)

1. accuser, slanderer
2. enemy, adversary

Proper noun

ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (religion) Satan, the Devil

References

• “ˀkl”, 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, pages 8b–9a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 16a
• 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 41b
• 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 63