ܚܠܛ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܚ ܠ ܛ (ḥ l ṭ)
2 terms

From Aramaic חְלַט (ḥəlaṭ). The sense of “err” is a semantic loan from Arabic as an allusion to غَلَطَ (ḡalaṭa).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [xɑːletˤː]

Verb

ܚܵܠܹܛ • (ḥālēṭ) (present participle ܚܠܵܛܵܐ (ḥlāṭā), past participle ܚܠܝܼܛܵܐ (ḥlīṭā))

1. to combine, mingle, mix up

   ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ ܒܘܼܫܵܠܵܐ ܕܝܼܝܼ، ܘܵܠܹܐ ܕܚܵܠܛܹܬ ܐܲܕܘܹ̈ܐ ܒܡܹܐܟ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ

   gāw bēt buššālā dīyī, wālē d-ḥālṭēt adwē b-mēḵultā

   In my kitchen, you must add seasoning to food.

2. to err, make a mistake

   ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܝܼ ܘܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܚܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܹܗ.

   ḥlīṭ lī w-ḥartā ḥrīḇ lēh.

   I made a mistake and then it became ruined.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܚܵܠܹܛ (ḥālēṭ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܝܼ (ḥlīṭ lī)	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ḥlīṭ lūḵ)	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܹܗ (ḥlīṭ lēh)	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܲܢ (ḥlīṭ lan)	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥlīṭ lāwḵōn)	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ḥlīṭ lhōn)
	f		ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥlīṭ lāḵ)	ܚܠܝܼܛ ܠܵܗ̇ (ḥlīṭ lāh)
non-past	m	ܚܵܠܛܹܢ (ḥālṭēn)	ܚܵܠܛܹܬ (ḥālṭēt)	ܚܵܠܹܛ (ḥālēṭ)	ܚܵܠܛܲܚ (ḥālṭaḥ)	ܚܵܠܛܝܼܬܘܿܢ (ḥālṭītōn)	ܚܵܠܛܝܼ (ḥālṭī)
	f	ܚܵܠܛܵܢ (ḥālṭān)	ܚܵܠܛܵܬܝ (ḥālṭāt)	ܚܵܠܛܵܐ (ḥālṭā)
imperative	m		ܚܠܘܿܛ (ḥlōṭ)			ܚܠܘܿܛܘܼܢ (ḥlōṭūn)
	f		ܚܠܘܿܛܝ (ḥlōṭ)

See also

• (err): ܛܵܥܹܐ (ṭāˁē), ܛܵܥܹܫ (ṭāˁēš)