Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛlkɑ(ʔ)], [halkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [hɛlke(ʔ)], [halke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܗܠܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܗܠܟܐ)

1. moving, walking, going
2. walk, march
3. way, course

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܗ-ܠ-ܟ ‎(h-l-k) related to walking. Compare Hebrew הַלָּךְ ‎(hallāḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hallɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [hallɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܗܠܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܗܠܟܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܠܟܬܐ)

1. walker, pedestrian
2. forerunner, precursor
3. peripatetic philosopher

Inflection

References

• “hlk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 77b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 104a
• 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, p. 344a-b