ܚܠܐ

From Aramaic חָלָא (ḥālā); related to Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xaːlaː]

ܚܵܠܵܐ • (ḥālā) m (plural ܚܵܠܹ̈ܐ (ḥālē) or ܚܵܠܲܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥālawwāṯā), feminine ܚܵܠܬܵܐ (ḥāltā))

1. maternal blood uncle (brother of one's mother)

   Coordinate terms: ܥܲܡܵܐ (ˁammā), ܥܲܡܬܵܐ (ˁamtā), ܚܵܠܬܵܐ (ḥāltā)

• ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ (baḵt ḥālā, “aunt (mother's brother's wife)”)
• ܒܲܪ ܚܵܠܵܐ (bar ḥālā, “cousin (mother's brother's son)”)
• ܒܲܪ݇ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ (bat ḥālā, “cousin (mother's brother's daughter)”)

From Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫallu⁠/, “pot; earthen container to store liquids”); cognate with Arabic خَلّ (ḵall).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ħallaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ xaːla]

ܚܲܠܵܐ • (ḥallā) m (uncountable)

1. vinegar

Compare Hebrew חוֹל (ḥol) and Arabic حُلَّة (ḥulla).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xil.lɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħil.lɑː]

ܚܸܠܵܐ • (ḥillā) ? (plural ܚܸܠܹ̈ܐ (ḥillē))

1. powder
2. (pathology) cataract

Compare Arabic حَلَّ (ḥalla).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xaːleː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ħaːleː]

ܚܵܠܹܐ • (ḥālē) (present participle ܚܠܵܝܵܐ (ḥlāyā), past participle ܚܸܠܝܵܐ (ḥilyā))

1. (intransitive) to sweeten
2. to make pleasant

From Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫallu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂁𒄬 (/⁠ḫal⁠/, “pot; earthen container to store liquids”); cognate with Arabic خَلّ (ḵall).

• IPA^(key): [ħallɑ(ʔ)]

ܚܠܐ • (ḥallā) m (uncountable)

1. vinegar

Compare Hebrew חוֹל (ḥôl).

• IPA^(key): [ħɑlɑ(ʔ)]

ܚܠܐ • (ḥālā) m (uncountable)

1. sand, gravel

Compare Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

• IPA^(key): [ħɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܠܐ • (ḥālā) m (plural ܚܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܠܬܐ)

1. maternal uncle

• ܕܕܐ

• IPA^(key): [ħɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܐ)

1. dust, powder

• ܐܒܩܐ

Compare Arabic حُلَّة (ḥulla).

• IPA^(key): [ħɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܐ)

1. cloth, covering, veil
2. (pathology) cataract

• IPA^(key): [ħɛlle(ʔ)]

ܚܠܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܚܠܬܐ

• “ḥl”, 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, pp. 99b, 104b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 142a-b
• 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. 451a-b

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ܚܳܠܐ • (ḥolo) m

1. maternal uncle