ܕܩܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew דֶּקֶל (déqel), Arabic دَقَل (daqal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛqlɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɛqle] (plural)

Noun

ܕܩܠܐ • (deqlā) f (plural ܕܩܠܐ (deqlē))

1. date palm

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܩܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܩܠ		1st person	ܕܩܠܝ		ܕܩܠܢ
	construct	ܕܩܠ		2nd person	ܕܩܠܟ	ܕܩܠܟܝ	ܕܩܠܟܘܢ	ܕܩܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܩܠܐ		3rd person	ܕܩܠܗ	ܕܩܠܗ	ܕܩܠܗܘܢ	ܕܩܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܩܠܝܢ		1st person	ܕܩܠܝ		ܕܩܠܝܢ
	construct	ܕܩܠܝ		2nd person	ܕܩܠܝܟ	ܕܩܠܝܟܝ	ܕܩܠܝܟܘܢ	ܕܩܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܩܠܐ		3rd person	ܕܩܠܘܗܝ	ܕܩܠܝܗ	ܕܩܠܝܗܘܢ	ܕܩܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Root
ܕ-ܩ-ܠ
1 term

From ܕܩܠ (dqal, “to sift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d(ə)qɑlɑ]

Noun

ܕܩܠܐ • (dəqālā) m(uncountable)

1. (agriculture) soaking or cleaning wheat

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܩܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܩܠ		1st person	ܕܩܠܝ		ܕܩܠܢ
	construct	ܕܩܠ		2nd person	ܕܩܠܟ	ܕܩܠܟܝ	ܕܩܠܟܘܢ	ܕܩܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܩܠܐ		3rd person	ܕܩܠܗ	ܕܩܠܗ	ܕܩܠܗܘܢ	ܕܩܠܗܝܢ

References

• “dql”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dql²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 164a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 69b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96b
• 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 317b