ܘܠܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܘܵܠܹܐ‎ (wālē, active participle of a defective verb, literally “it is fitting”) with the meaning changed in the first sense.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [wɑːleː]

ܘܵܠܹܐ • (wālē)

1. must, have to, should indicates obligation [+ ܕ-‎ (object) = that]

   Synonyms: ܓܵܪܲܓ‎ (gārag), ܠܵܙܸܡ‎ (lāzim)

   ‏ܫܵܥܲܬ݂ ܟܡܵܐ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܕܗܵܘܹܝܬ ܬܲܡܵܐ.‎‎ ― šāˁaṯ kmā wālē lūḵ d-hāwēt tammā. ― At what time do you have to be there?

   ‏ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܕܡܵܛܹܝܢ ܒܣܸܕܪܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ.‎‎ ― wālē lī d-māṭēn b-sidrā min qam malpānā. ― I must arrive in class before the teacher.

   ‏ܠܵܐ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܕܦܵܠܹܫ ܥܲܡܵܗ̇.‎‎ ― lā wālē lēh d-pālēš ˁammāh. ― He shouldn't fight with her.

2. it is fitting, is it right

• While ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē) is an adverb, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb; followed by its suffixes agreeing with the subject in person, gender, and number. Its corresponding past tense is expressed by ܘܵܠܹܐ (wālē) + ܗ݇ܘܵܐ‎/ܗ݇ܘܵܘ‎ (wā).
• (obligation): This adverb is considered to be of high modality; contrasted with ܝܵܐܹܐ‎ (yāˀē, “should, ought to”) which is weaker and of medium to low modality.

• ܘܵܠܝܼܬܵܐ‎ (wālītā, “duty, obligation, honesty, that which is fitting”)
• ܘܵܠܝܵܝܵܐ‎ (wālyāyā, “obligatory, adequate”)
• ܘܵܠܝܵܐܝܼܬ‎ (wālyāˀīt, “fittingly, decently”)

From ܘ-‎ (w-, “and”) +‎ ܠܵܐ‎ (lā, “not”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [wə‿lɑː]

ܘܠܵܐ • (w-lā)

1. nor

ܘܠܐ • (wēlā(ʾ)) f (plural ܘܠܣ‎ or ܘܠܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܘܝܠܐ‎

ܘܠܐ • (wālē) m active participle

1. it is fitting, it is right

From ܘ‎ (w, “and”) and ܠܵܐ‎ (lā, “not”).

ܘܠܐ • (w(ə)-lā)

1. nor