Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)laf]

Verb

ܚܠܦ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to change
2. to exchange

Etymology 2

Derived from ܚܠܘܦܬܐ ‎(ḥālōᵽtāʾ, “razor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)laf]

Verb

ܚܠܦ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to shear, to shave

Etymology 3

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܦ ‎(ḥ-l-p) related to changing. Compare Hebrew חֵלֶף ‎(ḥḗleᵽ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)lɑf]

Conjunction

ܚܠܦ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (preceding -ܕ) the fact that, because
2. (preceding -ܗܝ ܕ) so that, in order that
3. (preceding ܕܠܐ) lest

Preposition

ܚܠܦ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. for, instead of, in place of
2. on account of, according to

Inflection

Takes type-II suffixes.

References

• “xlp”, 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. 106b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 144a-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, pp. 458b-459a