ܚܠܕܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ (ḥ-l-d) related to crawling; compare Old Armenian խլուրդ (xlurd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ħal.lɑˈði.θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [xal.lɑˈði.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ħɑ.loˈði.θo]

Noun

ܚܠܕܝܬܐ • (ḥallāḏīṯā) f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) cancer; gangrene
   • Peshitta, 2 Timothy 2:17:

     ܘܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܚܠܕܝܬܐ ܢܘܡܐ ܬܐܚܘܕ ܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ. ܐܝܬ݂ܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܗܘܡܢܐܘܣ. ܘܐܚܪܢܐ ܦܝܠܛܘܣ.

     wə-mellaṯhōn ʾāḵ ḥallāḏīṯā nōmē ṯēʾḥoḏ bə-saggīʾē: ʾīṯaw[hy] dēn ḥaḏ menhōn hēwmēnēʾōs, wa-[ʾ]ḥrēnā p̄īlēṭōs.

     And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus

Inflection

    declension of ܚܠܕܝܬܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܚܠܕܝ
construct	ܚܠܕܝܬ
emphatic	ܚܠܕܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܠܕܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܠܕܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܠܕܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܠܕܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܠܕܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܠܕܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܠܕܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܠܕܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܠܕܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܠܕܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥldy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-05
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 105b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 142b
• 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, page 453b