ܚܘܠܦܐ

• IPA^(key): [ħulpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħulpe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܘܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܠܦܐ)

1. (botany) kind of shrub: reed, willow

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܦ‎ (ḥ-l-p) related to changing; compare Hebrew חילוף \ חִלּוּף‎ (ḥillūp̄). The sense of "apposition" is a calque of Arabic بَدَل‎ (badal).

• IPA^(key): [ħullɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħullɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܚܘܠܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܠܦܐ)

1. difference, change
2. exchange, replacement
3. recompense
4. succession, following
5. price
6. (grammar) interchangeability (e.g. of letters)
7. (grammar) apposition

• “ḥwlp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 106b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 132a
• 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, pp. 426b-427a