ܟܘܚܠܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Inherited from Aramaic; cognates Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) and Hebrew כָּחָל (kāḥāl). Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum, “antimon, stibium”) is probably a Semitic loanword.
Alternative forms
- ܟܚܠܐ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kuħlɑ]
Noun
ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥlā) m(uncountable)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܚܘܠ | 1st person | ܟܘܚܠܝ | ܟܘܚܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܚܘܠ | 2nd person | ܟܘܚܠܟ | ܟܘܚܠܟܝ | ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ | ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܚܠܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܚܠܗ | ܟܘܚܠܗ | ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ | ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- → Arabic: كُحل
Etymology 2
Modified from above. Verbal noun of ܟܚܠ (kaḥḥel, “to apply kohl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kuħħɑlɑ]
Noun
ܟܘܚܠܐ • (kuḥḥālā) m(uncountable)
- use of kohl, application of kohl to the eyes
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܘܚܠ | 1st person | ܟܘܚܠܝ | ܟܘܚܠܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܘܚܠ | 2nd person | ܟܘܚܠܟ | ܟܘܚܠܟܝ | ܟܘܚܠܟܘܢ | ܟܘܚܠܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܚܠܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܚܠܗ | ܟܘܚܠܗ | ܟܘܚܠܗܘܢ | ܟܘܚܠܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “kwḥl”, 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, page 154b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207b
- 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, →ISBN, page 604b