ܬܘܠܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܬܘܠܥܬܐ

Etymology

Compare Hebrew תּוֹלָע (tôlāʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tawl(ə)ʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tawl(ə)ʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܘܠܥܐ • (tawlˁā) f (plural ܬܘܠܥܐ)

1. worm, tapeworm
2. (collectively) worms
3. grub, larva, embryo
4. firefly
5. murex
6. cochineal kermes, scarlet dye

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܘܠܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܘܠܥ		1st person	ܬܘܠܥܝ		ܬܘܠܥܢ
	construct	ܬܘܠܥ		2nd person	ܬܘܠܥܟ	ܬܘܠܥܟܝ	ܬܘܠܥܟܘܢ	ܬܘܠܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܠܥܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܠܥܗ	ܬܘܠܥܗ	ܬܘܠܥܗܘܢ	ܬܘܠܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܘܠܥܝܢ		1st person	ܬܘܠܥܝ		ܬܘܠܥܝܢ
	construct	ܬܘܠܥܝ		2nd person	ܬܘܠܥܝܟ	ܬܘܠܥܝܟܝ	ܬܘܠܥܝܟܘܢ	ܬܘܠܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܠܥܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܠܥܘܗܝ	ܬܘܠܥܝܗ	ܬܘܠܥܝܗܘܢ	ܬܘܠܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “twlˁ”, 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, p. 389a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 607b
• 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. 1630b