ܬܠܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܬ ܠ ܓ (t l g)
4 terms
ܬܠܓܐ
ܬܠܓܐ

Etymology 1

From Aramaic תַּלְגָּא (talgā), from Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-; compare Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj), Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (shéleg) and Akkadian 𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (šalgum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tal.ɡɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tal.d͡ʒɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [tal.ɡɑː]

Noun

ܬܲܠܓܵܐ • (talgā) m sg (plural ܬܲܠܓܹ̈ܐ (talgē))

  1. snow (frozen crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation)
    ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܸܨܠܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― talgā biṣlāyā ìlēh ― It is snowing (literally, “Snow is descending”)
    ܬܲܠܓܵܐ ܒܸܥܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― talgā biˁrāyā ìlēh ― It is snowing (literally, “Snow is pouring out”)
    • Revelation 1:14:
      ܪܹܝܫܹܗ ܘܟܵܘܣܹܗ ܚܘܵܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܥܲܡܪܵܐ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܬܲܠܓܵܐ، ܘܥܲܝܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܠܵܗܵܐ ܕܢܘܼܪܵܐ.
      rēšēh w-kāwsēh ḥwārē ìwā ayḵ ˁamrā, ayḵ talgā, w-ˁaynūh ayḵ lāhā d-nūrā.
      His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;
Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowed or calqued on Arabic ثَلَّاجَة (ṯallāja).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tal.lɑːɣɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tal.lɑːd͡ʒɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [θallaːd͡ʒa]

Noun

ܬܲܠܵܓ݂ܵܐ or ܬ݂ܲܠܵܓ̰ܵܐ • (tallāḡā or ṯallājā) m or f (plural ܬܲܠܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (tallāḡē) or ܬ݂ܲܠܵܓ̰ܵܬ (ṯallājāt))

  1. refrigerator, fridge (appliance used for keeping food and drink fresh)
Inflection

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [talɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [talɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܠܓܐ)

  1. snow

Inflection

References

  • “tlg”, 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. 392b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 613a
  • 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. 1647a
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