Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• Hebrew script: חולדא

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħuldɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħulde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܘܠܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܘܠܕܐ)

1. mole (animal)

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: խլուրդ ‎(xlurd)
  • Armenian: խլուրդ ‎(xlurd)

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܠ-ܕ ‎(ḥ-l-d) related to crawling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħullɑðɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܚܘܠܕܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. creeping, crawling
2. subreption

Inflection

References

• “xwld”, 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
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 131b
• 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. 425b-426a