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ܡܐܟܠܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the root ܐ-ܟ-ܠ (ʾ-k-l) related to eating. Compare Hebrew מַאֲכָל (maʾăḵāl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [me(ʔ)xlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [me(ʔ)xle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܐܟܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܐܟܠܐ)

  1. food, victuals, provisions
  2. meal

Inflection

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References

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  • mˀkl”, 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 9a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a
  • 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, p. 701a