Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡamlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡamle(ʔ)], [ɡamlɑne(ʔ)], [ɡamlawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܡܠܐ • ‎(gamlā) c ‎(plural ܓܡܠܘܬܐ or ܓܡܠܢܐ or ܓܡܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܡܠܬܐ)

1. camel, dromedary
2. kind of measure
3. large ant
4. (architecture) beam, rafter

Inflection

Usage notes

The plural ܓܡܠܘܬܐ ‎(gamlawwāṯāʾ) is used for the sense of "beam", the plural ܓܡܠܢܐ ‎(gamlānēʾ) is used for the sense of "large ant", and the plural ܓܡܠܐ ‎(gamlēʾ) is used for other senses.

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic جَمَّال ‎(ǧammāl) and Hebrew גַּמָּל ‎(gammāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡammɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡammɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܡܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܓܡܠܐ)

1. cameleer

Inflection

References

• “gml”, 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, p. 49b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 72a
• 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. 241a

Anagrams

• ܡܓܠܐ