ܚܠܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ ܠ ܩ, 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
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܠܩ 1st person ܚܠܩܝ ܚܠܩܢ
construct ܚܠܩ 2nd person ܚܠܩܟ ܚܠܩܟܝ ܚܠܩܟܘܢ ܚܠܩܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܠܩܐ 3rd person ܚܠܩܗ ܚܠܩܗ ܚܠܩܗܘܢ ܚܠܩܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܠܩܝܢ 1st person ܚܠܩܝ ܚܠܩܝܢ
construct ܚܠܩܝ 2nd person ܚܠܩܝܟ ܚܠܩܝܟܝ ܚܠܩܝܟܘܢ ܚܠܩܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܠܩܐ 3rd person ܚܠܩܘܗܝ ܚܠܩܝܗ ܚܠܩܝܗܘܢ ܚܠܩܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

  • ܚܠܩܝܐ (ḥelqāyā)

References

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