ܚܠܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḥalīb-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħal(ə)vɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܠܒܐ (ħalbā') m (uncountable)

  1. milk
  2. (figuratively) juice, sap
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew חֵלֶב (ḥḗleḇ).

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħɛlbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħɛlbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܒܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܠܒܐ)

  1. fat
  2. membrane
  3. peel, rind, shell
  4. (anatomy) peritoneum, omentum, epiploon, diaphragm
  5. (anatomy) retina
Inflection

References

  • ḥlb”, 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. 105a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 142b
  • 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. 451b-452a
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