Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔajlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔajle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܝܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܝܠܬܐ)

1. stag, hart (male deer)

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew אֱיָל ‎(ʾĕyāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(ʔə)jɑlɑ(ʔ)], [ʔijɑlɑ(ʔ)], [ʔajjɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [(ʔə)jɑle(ʔ)], [ʔijɑle(ʔ)], [ʔajjɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܐܝܠܐ)

1. help, aid, assistance, succor/succour
2. helper, defender

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܐܝܠܘܬܐ

References

• “)yl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 7b, 8a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 13b
• 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. 34b