ܚܠܩܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܚܠܩܐ (ḥelqām (plural ܚܠܩܐ)

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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