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

	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 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