ܚܠܦ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܚ ܠ ܦ (ḥ l p)
7 terms

From Aramaic חְלַף‎ (ḥəlap̄, to change, alter), from Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-; compare Akkadian 𒁽 (ḫalāpum, to slip through), Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, to succeed) and Hebrew חָלַף (khaláf, to pass by).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xɑːlepː]

Verb

ܚܵܠܹܦ • (ḥālēp) (present participle ܚܠܵܦܵܐ (ḥlāpā), past participle ܚܠܝܼܦܵܐ (ḥlīpā))

  1. (intransitive) to be/become different; to differ
  2. (intransitive) to rotate, turn, alternate
  3. (intransitive) to move past, pass through, pass by
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Construct state of ܚܠܵܦܵܐ (ḥlāpā, exchange, substitute); compare Hebrew חֵלֶף (khélef).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xəlɑpː]

Preposition

ܚܠܵܦ • (ḥlāp)

  1. for, instead of, in place of
    Synonyms: ܡ̣ܢ ܓܹܢ݇ܒ (min gēb), ܒܕܘܼܟܲܬ݂ (bdūkaṯ), ܫܘܿܦ (šōp)
  2. on account of, according to
    Synonyms: ܠܦܘܼܬ݂ (lpūṯ), ܐܲܝܟ݂ (ayḵ)
Inflection
Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܦ (ḥ-l-p) related to changing. From Proto-Semitic *ḫalap-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)laf]

Verb

ܚܠܦ • (ḥlap̄) (future ܝܚܠܘܦ (yəḥlup̄))

  1. to change, to exchange, to convert, to substitute

Etymology 2

Derived from ܚܠܘܦܬܐ (ḥālōp̄tā, razor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)laf]

Verb

ܚܠܦ • (ḥlap̄)

  1. to shear, to shave

Etymology 3

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܦ (ḥ-l-p) related to changing. Compare Hebrew חֵלֶף (ḥḗlep̄).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħəlɑf], [ħulɑf]

Conjunction

ܚܠܦ • (ḥəlāp̄, ḥulāp̄)

  1. (preceding ) the fact that, because
  2. (preceding -ܗܝ ܕ) so that, in order that
  3. (preceding ܕܠܐ) lest

Preposition

ܚܠܦ • (ḥəlāp̄, ḥulāp̄)

  1. for, instead of, in place of
  2. on account of, according to
Inflection

Takes type-II suffixes.

References

  • ḥlp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥlp2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥwlp”, 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, page 106b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 144a-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, pages 458b-459a
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