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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܩ (ḥ-l-q), related to allotting; compare Arabic حِلْقَة (ḥilqa), Hebrew חֵלֶק (ḥḗleq).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܠܩܐ • (ḥelqā) m (plural ܚܠܩܐ)
- lot, portion
- fate, destiny
- (in the plural) casting lots, oracles, auguries
Inflection
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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