A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g136-elauncertain

lemma

unvoc ܐܠܐ
voc ܐܶܠܳܐ
translit 'ellā
pos conj.
gloss_en but, except
gloss_de aber, sondern
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
greek ἀλλά
primer_note Nestle analyses it as ܐܶܢ ܠܳܐ ('if not'), and compares Greek ἀλλά.
uncertain yes
uncertain_note The particle cluster is short and heavily pointed; the sub-forms are not separable with confidence.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_engloss_derawgloss
ܐܶܢ ܐܶܠܳܐif not, after a negationwenn nicht, nach einer Negationܐܶܢ ܐܶܠܳܐ if not, after a negation | wenn nicht, nach einer Negation
ܐܶܠܽܘܐܶܠܽܘ v. ܐܶܢv. ܐܶܢ

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 136
leaf n225