ܚܘܠܦܐ

Compare Hebrew חִלּוּף (khilúf) with the sense of “apposition” a calque of Arabic بَدَل (badal).

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ܚܘܼܠܵܦܵܐ • (ḥullāpā) m sg (plural ܚܘܼܠܵܦܹ̈ܐ (ḥūlāpē))

1. exchange, replacement
2. compensation
3. (grammar) interchangeability (e.g. of letters)
4. (grammar) apposition

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܚܘܼܠܦܵܐ • (ḥulpā) m sg (plural ܚܘܼܠܦܹ̈ܐ (ḥulpē))

1. (botany) kind of shrub; reed, willow

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܚܘܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܠܦܐ)

1. (botany) kind of shrub: reed, willow

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܦ (ḥ-l-p) related to changing; compare Hebrew חילוף / חִלּוּף (ḥillūp̄). The sense of "apposition" is a calque of Arabic بَدَل (badal).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܚܘܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܠܦܐ)

1. difference, change
2. exchange, replacement
3. recompense
4. succession, following
5. price
6. (grammar) interchangeability (e.g. of letters)
7. (grammar) apposition

• “ḥwlp”, 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, p. 106b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 132a
• 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, pp. 426b-427a