ܡܐܟܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܡܟܠܐ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܡܐܟܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܐܟܠܐ)

1. food, victuals, provisions
2. meal

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܐܟܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܐܟܠ		1st person	ܡܐܟܠܝ		ܡܐܟܠܢ
	construct	ܡܐܟܠ		2nd person	ܡܐܟܠܟ	ܡܐܟܠܟܝ	ܡܐܟܠܟܘܢ	ܡܐܟܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܐܟܠܐ		3rd person	ܡܐܟܠܗ	ܡܐܟܠܗ	ܡܐܟܠܗܘܢ	ܡܐܟܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܐܟܠܝܢ		1st person	ܡܐܟܠܝ		ܡܐܟܠܝܢ
	construct	ܡܐܟܠܝ		2nd person	ܡܐܟܠܝܟ	ܡܐܟܠܝܟܝ	ܡܐܟܠܝܟܘܢ	ܡܐܟܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܐܟܠܐ		3rd person	ܡܐܟܠܘܗܝ	ܡܐܟܠܝܗ	ܡܐܟܠܝܗܘܢ	ܡܐܟܠܝܗܝܢ

References

• “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