ܚܠܙܘܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܚܠܙܘܢܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic חְלָזֹונָא (ḥəlāzōnā), possibly from Ancient Greek ἑλικών (helikṓn); compare Hebrew חִלָּזוֹן (khilazón), Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xal.lɑːzoːnɑː]

Noun

ܚܲܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ • (ḥallāzōnā) m (plural ܚܲܠܵܙܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥallāzōnē), feminine ܚܲܠܵܙܘܿܢܬܵܐ (ḥallāzōntā))

  1. snail (mollusk with a coiled shell)
    ܡܲܪܕܝܼܬܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܢܝܼܚܬܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܚܲܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ ܒܸܪܚܵܫܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܒܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ.
    mardītā rābā nīḥtā ìwā, ayḵ ḥallāzōnā birḥāšā ìwaḥ wā b-urḥā.
    The traffic was so slow, we were crawling like a snail on the road.
    • Psalms 58:8:
      ܗܘܝܼ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܚܲܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܐ ܒܸܦܫܵܪܵܐ ܟܲܕ ܒܸܪܚܵܫܵܐ، ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܡܘܼܪ̈ܚܸܫܹܐ ܕܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܚܙܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ.
      hwī ayḵ ḥallāzōnā bipšārā kad birḥāšā, ayḵ murḥiššē d-baḵtātē d-lā ḥzē lhōn šimšā.
      Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
  2. snail (pastry in the form of a snail or helix)
  3. shellfish, murex
  4. (anatomy) cochlea

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܚܲܠܵܙܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥallāzōnāyā, cochlear)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܚܠܝܙܘܢܐ (ḥəlīzōnā)

Etymology

Compare Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn), Hebrew חילזון (ḥilazón), Middle Armenian խլէզ (xlēz).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)lɑˈzo.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xlɑˈzo.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħloˈzu.no]

Noun

ܚܠܙܘܢܐ • (ḥəlāzōnā) m (plural ܚܠܙܘܢܐ (ḥəlāzōnē))

  1. shellfish, murex

Inflection

References

  • ḥlzwn3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-06-14
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 233b
  • 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, pages 142b-143a
  • 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, pages 454a, 455b
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