Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܗ-ܠ-ܟ
2 terms

From ܗܠܟ (hlak, to walk).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܗܠܟܐ (helkā, halkām (plural ܗܠܟܐ (helkē, halkē))

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

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Root
ܗ-ܠ-ܟ
2 terms

From ܗܠܟ (hlak, to walk). Compare Hebrew הַלָּךְ (hallāḵ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܗܠܟܐ (hallāḵām (plural ܗܠܟܐ (hallāḵē), singular feminine counterpart ܗܠܟܬܐ (hallāḵtā))

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

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  • hlk2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • hlk”, 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 77b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, pages 344a–b