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ܗܠܟܬܐ

ܗܠܟܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [h(ə)lax(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [hɛllax(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [hɛlk(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [halkɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܗܠܟܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܗܠܟܬܐ)

  1. going, walking, treading, marching
  2. mobility, locomotion
  3. (in the plural) goings, steps, ways
Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hallɑxtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [hallɑxɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܗܠܟܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܗܠܟܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܗܠܟܐ)

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

References

  • hlkh”, 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. 344b