ܚܠܕܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ (ḥ-l-d) related to crawling; compare Old Armenian խլուրդ (xlurd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ħal.lɑˈði.θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [xal.lɑˈði.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ħɑ.loˈði.θo]

Noun

ܚܠܕܝܬܐ • (ḥallāḏīṯā) f(uncountable)

1. (pathology) cancer; gangrene
   • Peshitta, 2 Timothy 2:17:

     ܘܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܚܠܕܝܬܐ ܢܘܡܐ ܬܐܚܘܕ ܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ. ܐܝܬ݂ܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܗܘܡܢܐܘܣ. ܘܐܚܪܢܐ ܦܝܠܛܘܣ.

     wə-mellaṯhōn ʾāḵ ḥallāḏīṯā nōmē ṯēʾḥoḏ bə-saggīʾē: ʾīṯaw[hy] dēn ḥaḏ menhōn hēwmēnēʾōs, wa-[ʾ]ḥrēnā p̄īlēṭōs.

     And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܠܕܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܠܕܝ		1st person	ܚܠܕܝܬܝ		ܚܠܕܝܬܢ
	construct	ܚܠܕܝܬ		2nd person	ܚܠܕܝܬܟ	ܚܠܕܝܬܟܝ	ܚܠܕܝܬܟܘܢ	ܚܠܕܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܠܕܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܠܕܝܬܗ	ܚܠܕܝܬܗ	ܚܠܕܝܬܗܘܢ	ܚܠܕܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥldy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-05
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 105b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 142b
• 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 453b