ܝܗܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From From an older form *ܐܲܗܠܵܐ (*ˀahlā) with a shift from the an /ʔ/ to /j/, from Aramaic אׇהֲלָא (ʾāhălā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- (“tent camp”); compare Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl, “kinfolk”), Hebrew אֹהֶל (óhel, “tent”) and Akkadian 𒌷 (ālum, “city, town”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jah.lɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܗܠܵܐ • (yahlā) m sg (plural ܝܲܗ̈ܠܹܐ (yahlē))

1. team, cohort, company, troop
2. (sports) sports club

   Synonym: ܣܡܵܟ݂ܵܐ (smāḵā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܲܗܠܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܝܲܗܠܝܼ (yahlī)		ܝܲܗܠܲܢ (yahlan)
	construct	ܝܼܗܲܠ (īhal)		2nd person	ܝܲܗܠܘܼܟ݂ (yahlūḵ)	ܝܲܗܠܵܟ݂ܝ (yahlāḵ)	ܝܲܗܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yahlāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܗܠܵܐ (yahlā)		3rd person	ܝܲܗܠܹܗ (yahlēh)	ܝܲܗܠܵܗ̇ (yahlāh)	ܝܲܗܠܗܘܿܢ (yahlhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܝܲܗܠܝܼ̈ (yahlī)		ܝܲܗܠܲܢ̈ (yahlan)
	construct	ܝܲܗܠܲܝ̈ (yahlay)		2nd person	ܝܲܗܠܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yahlūḵ)	ܝܲܗܠܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yahlāḵ)	ܝܲܗܠܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yahlāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܗܠܹ̈ܐ (yahlē)		3rd person	ܝܲܗܠܘܼ̈ܗܝ (yahlūh)	ܝܲܗܠ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (yahlōh)	ܝܲܗܠܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yahlhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jahlɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [jahle] (in the plural)

Noun

ܝܗܠܐ • (yahlā) c (plural ܝܗܠܐ (yahlē))

1. tribe, clan
2. crowd, group
3. cohort, company, troop

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܗܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܗܠ		1st person	ܝܗܠܝ		ܝܗܠܢ
	construct	ܝܗܠ		2nd person	ܝܗܠܟ	ܝܗܠܟܝ	ܝܗܠܟܘܢ	ܝܗܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܗܠܐ		3rd person	ܝܗܠܗ	ܝܗܠܗ	ܝܗܠܗܘܢ	ܝܗܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܝܗܠܝܢ		1st person	ܝܗܠܝ		ܝܗܠܝܢ
	construct	ܝܗܠܝ		2nd person	ܝܗܠܝܟ	ܝܗܠܝܟܝ	ܝܗܠܝܟܘܢ	ܝܗܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܗܠܐ		3rd person	ܝܗܠܘܗܝ	ܝܗܠܝܗ	ܝܗܠܝܗܘܢ	ܝܗܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “yhl”, 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 139b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 189a
• 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 567b