ܐܠܦܐ

From Aramaic אַלְפָּא‎ (ʾalpā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-; compare Arabic أَلْف‎ (ʔalf), Hebrew אֶלֶף‎ ('élef), Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐‎ (ʾlp) and Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍𐎔 (ảlp /⁠ʾalpu⁠/).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʔal.pɑː]

ܐܲܠܦܵܐ • (alpā) m or f (construct ܐܵܠܹܦ‎ (ālēp))

1. thousand (1000)

   ‏ܐܲܠܦܵܐ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܬܲܫܥܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ‎ ― alpā šinnē dtašˁīṯā ― a thousand years of history

   ‏ܬܵܘܕܝܼ ܐܲܠܦܵܐ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ‎‎ ― tāwdī alpā gāhē ― thank you so much (literally, “thank you a thousand times”)

• ܐܲܠܦܵܐ‎ (alpā) is and behaves like a normal masculine noun, especially when used as part of larger numbers (2,000, 20,000, etc.); e.g. ܐܲܠܦܹܝܢ‎ (alpēn)/ܬܪܹܝܢ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ‎ (trēn alpē, “two thousand”), ܚܲܡܫܵܐ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ‎ (ḥamšā alpē, “five thousand”), ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ܐܲܠܦܹ̈ܐ‎ (ˁisrīn alpē, “twenty thousand”).
• The plural ܐܲܠܦܲܝܹ̈ܐ‎ (alpayyē) is used for figurative senses; e.g. thousands of something

ܐܠܦܐ

From Aramaic אֵלְפָא‎ (ʾelləp̄ā), from Akkadian 𒈣 (eleppum); compare also borrowed into Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl.pɑː]

ܐܸܠܦܵܐ • (ilpā) f sg (plural ܐܸܠܦܹ̈ܐ‎ (ilpē))

1. boat, galley

   Synonym: ܣܦܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ‎ (spītā)

ܐܸܠܦܵܐ • (ilpā) f

1. (astronomy) Argo Navis
2. (astronomy) setting of Pleiades

From Akkadian 𒈣 (eleppum).

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛl(lə)fɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛl(lə)fe] (plural)

ܐܠܦܐ • (ʾelləp̄ā) f (plural ܐܠܦܐ‎ (ʾelləp̄ē))

1. ship, boat, galley

• ܣܦܝܢܬܐ‎

• ܐܠܦܘܢܝܬܐ‎
• ܐܠܦܪܐ‎
• ܐܠܦܪܘܬܐ‎

ܐܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (astronomy) Argo Navis
2. (astronomy) setting of Pleiades

From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐‎ (ʾlp). Doublet of ܐܠܦ‎.

• IPA^(key): [ʔalpɑ], [ʔalfɑ]

ܐܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. alpha (Greek letter Α)

• ܐܠܦܐ ܒܝܛܐ‎
• ܡܢ ܐܠܦܐ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܐܘ‎

• ܐܠܦ‎
• ܐ‎

From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-.

• IPA^(key): [ʔalpɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔal(ə)fe], [ʔal(ə)fajjɑ], [ʔal(ə)fɑje] (plural)

ܐܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܠܦܝܐ‎ or ܐܠܦܐ‎)

1. thousand

• “ˀlp”, 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, pages 10b-11a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18a-b
• 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, pages 50b-51a

• IPA^(key): /alfo/

ܐܰܠܦܐ • (alfo) ?

1. thousand