ܐܠܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܐ ܠ ܥ (ˀ l ˁ)
2 terms

From the older form *ܥܠܥܐ (ʿilʿā); unattested in Classical Syriac, from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́lʿ. Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ) and Hebrew צֶלַע (ṣélaʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪlʕaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɪlʔa]

Noun

ܐܸܠܥܵܐ • (ilˁā) ? (plural ܐܸ̈ܠܥܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ilˁāṯā))

1. (anatomy) rib

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the older form *ܥܠܥܐ (ʿelʿā); unattested in Classical Syriac, from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́lʿ. Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ) and Hebrew צֶלַע (ṣélaʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛlʕɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛlʕe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܠܥܐ • (ʾelʿā) f (plural ܐܠܥܐ (ʾelʿē))

1. (anatomy) rib
2. (figuratively) wife
3. (geometry, architecture) side

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܠܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܠܥ		1st person	ܐܠܥܝ		ܐܠܥܢ
	construct	ܐܠܥ		2nd person	ܐܠܥܟ	ܐܠܥܟܝ	ܐܠܥܟܘܢ	ܐܠܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܠܥܐ		3rd person	ܐܠܥܗ	ܐܠܥܗ	ܐܠܥܗܘܢ	ܐܠܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܠܥܝܢ		1st person	ܐܠܥܝ		ܐܠܥܝܢ
	construct	ܐܠܥܝ		2nd person	ܐܠܥܝܟ	ܐܠܥܝܟܝ	ܐܠܥܝܟܘܢ	ܐܠܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܠܥܐ		3rd person	ܐܠܥܘܗܝ	ܐܠܥܝܗ	ܐܠܥܝܗܘܢ	ܐܠܥܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܠܥܢܝܐ (ʾelʿānāyā)
• ܣܓܝܐܬ ܐܠܥܐ

References

• “ˁlˁ”, 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 10b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18a
• 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 50a-b