ܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic לָא (lā), from Proto-Semitic *lā; compare Akkadian 𒆷𒀀 (la-a /⁠lā⁠/), Arabic لَا (lā) and Hebrew לֹא (lo).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈlɑː]
    Homophone: ܠܵܗ̇ (lāh) (most dialects)
  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈlɑːʔ] (emphatic)

Adverb

ܠܵܐ • (lā)

  1. not; used in negating verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Derived terms

See also

Interjection

ܠܵܐ • (lā)

  1. no; used in responding to questions

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɑ]
  • Homophone: ܠܗ (lāh)

Adverb

ܠܐ • (lā)

  1. no, not

Interjection

ܠܐ • (lā)

  1. no

Antonyms

References

  • “lˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 11 August 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 166b–167a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233a
  • 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 665a
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