ܒܓܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܒ-ܓ-ܠ (b-ɡ-l) related to chattering.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)ɣɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)ɣɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܓܠܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܓܠܐ)

  1. chattering, babble, idle talk
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَغْل (baḡl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baɣlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [baɣle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܓܠܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܓܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܓܠܬܐ)

  1. mule
Inflection

References

  • bgl”, 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. 24a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 34b
  • 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. 117b
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