Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ (ḥ-l-d) related to crawling. Compare Arabic خُلْد (ḵuld) and Hebrew חֹלֶד (ḥōleḏ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܚܘܠܕܐ (ḥuldāʾm (plural ܚܘܠܕܐ)

  1. mole (animal)
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Descendants edit
  • Old Armenian: խլուրդ (xlurd), խլիրդն (xlirdn)
    • Armenian: խլուրդ (xlurd)

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ (ḥ-l-d) related to crawling.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܚܘܠܕܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. creeping, crawling
  2. subreption
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References edit

  • ḥwld”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 105a
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131b
  • 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, pages 425b-426a