Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܚ ܠ ܦ (ḥ l p)
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Compare Hebrew חִלּוּף (khilúf) with the sense of “apposition” a calque of Arabic بَدَل (badal).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [xul.lɑːpɑː]

Noun

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ܚܘܼܠܵܦܵܐ (ḥullāpām sg (plural ܚܘܼܠܵܦܹ̈ܐ (ḥūlāpē))

  1. exchange, replacement
  2. compensation
  3. (grammar) interchangeability (e.g. of letters)
  4. (grammar) apposition
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [xul.pɑː]

Noun

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ܚܘܼܠܦܵܐ (ḥulpām sg (plural ܚܘܼܠܦܹ̈ܐ (ḥulpē))

  1. (botany) kind of shrub; reed, willow
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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħulpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħulpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܘܠܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܘܠܦܐ)

  1. (botany) kind of shrub: reed, willow
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Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

Etymology 2

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From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܦ (ḥ-l-p) related to changing; compare Hebrew חילוף / חִלּוּף (ḥillūp̄). The sense of "apposition" is a calque of Arabic بَدَل (badal).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħullɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħullɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܘܠܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܘܠܦܐ)

  1. difference, change
  2. exchange, replacement
  3. recompense
  4. succession, following
  5. price
  6. (grammar) interchangeability (e.g. of letters)
  7. (grammar) apposition
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References

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  • ḥwlp”, 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, 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. 132a
  • 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. 426b-427a