ܚܘܠܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ (ḥ-l-d) related to crawling. Compare Arabic خُلْد (ḵuld) and Hebrew חֹלֶד (ḥōleḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħuldɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħulde] (plural)

Noun

ܚܘܠܕܐ • (ḥuldāʾ) m (plural ܚܘܠܕܐ)

1. mole (animal)

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܘܠܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܘܠܕ		1st person	ܚܘܠܕܝ		ܚܘܠܕܢ
	construct	ܚܘܠܕ		2nd person	ܚܘܠܕܟ	ܚܘܠܕܟܝ	ܚܘܠܕܟܘܢ	ܚܘܠܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܘܠܕܐ		3rd person	ܚܘܠܕܗ	ܚܘܠܕܗ	ܚܘܠܕܗܘܢ	ܚܘܠܕܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܘܠܕܝܢ		1st person	ܚܘܠܕܝ		ܚܘܠܕܝܢ
	construct	ܚܘܠܕܝ		2nd person	ܚܘܠܕܝܟ	ܚܘܠܕܝܟܝ	ܚܘܠܕܝܟܘܢ	ܚܘܠܕܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܘܠܕܐ		3rd person	ܚܘܠܕܘܗܝ	ܚܘܠܕܝܗ	ܚܘܠܕܝܗܘܢ	ܚܘܠܕܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: խլուրդ (xlurd), խլիրդն (xlirdn)
  • Armenian: խլուրդ (xlurd)

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ (ḥ-l-d) related to crawling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħullɑðɑ]

Noun

ܚܘܠܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. creeping, crawling
2. subreption

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܘܠܕܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܘܠܕ		1st person	ܚܘܠܕܝ		ܚܘܠܕܢ
	construct	ܚܘܠܕ		2nd person	ܚܘܠܕܟ	ܚܘܠܕܟܝ	ܚܘܠܕܟܘܢ	ܚܘܠܕܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܘܠܕܐ		3rd person	ܚܘܠܕܗ	ܚܘܠܕܗ	ܚܘܠܕܗܘܢ	ܚܘܠܕܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥwld”, 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
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131b
• 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, pages 425b-426a