ܚܠܨ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܚ ܠ ܨ (ḥ l ṣ)
2 terms

Compare Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa) and Hebrew חָלַץ (khaláts, to remove, to take off) and חִלֵּץ (khiléts, to rescue)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xɑːlesˤː]

Verb

ܚܵܠܹܨ • (ḥālēṣ) (present participle ܚܠܵܨܵܐ (ḥlāṣā), past participle ܚܠܝܼܨܵܐ (ḥlīṣā))

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to tighten
  2. (intransitive, transitive) to finish, to end, be done
    Synonyms: ܦܵܪܹܩ (pārēq), ܫܲܠܸܡ (šallim)
  3. to be finished, used up
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xa.lasˤ.]

Interjection

ܚܲܠܲܨ • (ḥallaṣ)

  1. (colloquial) enough! that's it!
  2. (colloquial) cut it out! stop it!
  3. (colloquial) done! finished! over!
See also
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