ܚܠܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܩ (ḥ-l-q), related to allotting; compare Arabic حِلْقَة (ḥilqa), Hebrew חֵלֶק (ḥḗleq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈħɛl.qɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈħɛl.qe] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܩܐ • (ḥelqā) m (plural ܚܠܩܐ)

1. lot, portion
2. fate, destiny
3. (in the plural) casting lots, oracles, auguries

Inflection

    inflection of ܚܠܩܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܠܩ	ܚܠܩܝܢ
construct	ܚܠܩ	ܚܠܩܝ
emphatic	ܚܠܩܐ	ܚܠܩܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܠܩܝ	ܚܠܩܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܠܩܟ	ܚܠܩܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܠܩܟܝ	ܚܠܩܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܠܩܗ	ܚܠܩܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܠܩܗ	ܚܠܩܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܠܩܢ	ܚܠܩܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܠܩܟܘܢ	ܚܠܩܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܠܩܟܝܢ	ܚܠܩܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܠܩܗܘܢ	ܚܠܩܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܠܩܗܝܢ	ܚܠܩܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܠܩܝܐ (ḥelqāyā)

References

• “ḥlq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-12-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 107a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 145a
• 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, p. 460b