Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)lɑlɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)lɑle] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܠ (ḥ-l-l) related to puncturing. Compare Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl) and Hebrew חָלָל (ḥālāl).

Noun edit

ܚܠܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܠܠܐ)

  1. hole, cavity
  2. trench
  3. cave, cavern, tunnel
  4. mine
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܠ (ḥ-l-l) related to profaning. Compare Hebrew חִלּוּל (ḥillûl).

Noun edit

ܚܠܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܠܠܐ)

  1. profanation
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥll”, 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
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 143b
  • 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, page 457a