ܚܠܨ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܚ ܠ ܨ (ḥ l ṣ)
2 terms

Compare Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa) and Hebrew חָלַץ (khaláts, “to remove, to take off”) and חִלֵּץ (khiléts, “to rescue”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xɑːlesˤː]

Verb

ܚܵܠܹܨ • (ḥālēṣ) (present participle ܚܠܵܨܵܐ (ḥlāṣā), past participle ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐ (ḥlīṣā))

1. (intransitive, transitive) to tighten
2. (intransitive, transitive) to finish, to end, be done

   Synonyms: ܦܵܪܹܩ (pārēq), ܫܲܠܸܡ (šallim)

3. to be finished, used up

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܚܵܠܹܨ (ḥālēṣ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܝܼ (ḥlīṣ lī)	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ḥlīṣ lūḵ)	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܹܗ (ḥlīṣ lēh)	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܲܢ (ḥlīṣ lan)	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥlīṣ lāwḵōn)	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ḥlīṣ lhōn)
	f		ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥlīṣ lāḵ)	ܚܠܝܼܨ ܠܵܗ̇ (ḥlīṣ lāh)
non-past	m	ܚܵܠܨܹܢ (ḥālṣēn)	ܚܵܠܨܹܬ (ḥālṣēt)	ܚܵܠܹܨ (ḥālēṣ)	ܚܵܠܨܲܚ (ḥālṣaḥ)	ܚܵܠܨܝܼܬܘܿܢ (ḥālṣītōn)	ܚܵܠܨܝܼ (ḥālṣī)
	f	ܚܵܠܨܵܢ (ḥālṣān)	ܚܵܠܨܵܬܝ (ḥālṣāt)	ܚܵܠܨܵܐ (ḥālṣā)
imperative	m		ܚܠܘܿܨ (ḥlōṣ)			ܚܠܘܿܨܘܼܢ (ḥlōṣūn)
	f		ܚܠܘܿܨܝ (ḥlōṣ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xa.lasˤ.]

Interjection

ܚܲܠܲܨ • (ḥallaṣ)

1. (colloquial) enough! that's it!
2. (colloquial) cut it out! stop it!
3. (colloquial) done! finished! over!

See also

• ܒܲܣܵܐ (bassā)