A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g164-lilya-night

lemma

unvoc ܠܠܝܐ
voc ܠܺܠܝܳܐ
translit lilyā
pos m.
gloss_en night
gloss_de Nacht
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
plural_voc ܠܰܝ̈ܠܰܘܳܬܳܐ

primer_note

The 'opp.' device: Nestle defines the absolute state by its OPPOSITE, ܐܺܝܡܳܡܳܐ — itself an ܐ-preformative word filed under ܝ (p. 159/160), so the reader is sent across the alphabet to complete a pair.

sub_lemmas

vocgloss_enraw
ܠܺܠܝ, ܠܺܠܰܝst. abs. night (opp. ܐܺܝܡܳܡܳܐ 'day')St. abs. ܠܺܠܝ et ܠܺܠܰܝ (opp. ܐܺܝܡܳܡܳܐ)

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 164
leaf n253