Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħallɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܠܐ • ‎(khālā) m (uncountable)

1. vinegar

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew חוֹל ‎(ḥôl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɑlɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܠܐ • ‎(khālā) m (uncountable)

1. sand, gravel

Inflection

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic خَال ‎(ḵāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܐ • ‎(khālā) m ‎(plural ܚܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܠܬܐ)

1. maternal uncle

Inflection

See also

• ܕܕܐ

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܠܐ)

1. dust, powder

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܐܒܩܐ

Etymology 5

Compare Arabic حُلَّة ‎(ḥulla(t)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܠܐ)

1. cloth, covering, veil
2. (pathology) cataract

Inflection

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܚܠܬܐ

References

• “xl”, 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, pp. 99b, 104b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 142a-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, p. 451a-b