ܚܝܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic حَوْل (ḥawl) and Hebrew חַיִל (ḥayil). The sense of "miracle" is a calque of Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħajlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħajle(ʔ)], [ħajlawwɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ħajlɑjawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܝܠܝܘܬܐ or ܚܝܠܘܬܐ or ܚܝܠܐ)

  1. strength, vigor/vigour, might
  2. force, power
  3. (military) army, host
  4. multitude, abundance, wealth
  5. meaning, sense, import
  6. resource, possession
  7. courage, virtue
  8. sacred service
  9. (usually feminine) miracle, wonder
  10. potentiality, possibility, capacity
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)jɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)jɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܝܠܐ)

  1. cry for help
  2. (by extension) help
Inflection

Etymology 3

Possibly from Arabic خَيَال (ḵayāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɑjɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɑjɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܝܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܝܠܐ)

  1. kind of plant
Inflection

References

  • ḥyl”, 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. 103b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 140a-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. 447b-448a
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