ܚܠܙܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܚܠܝܙܘܢܐ (ḥəlīzōnā)

Etymology

Compare Arabic حَلَزُون (ḥalazūn), Hebrew חִלָּזוֹן (ḥillāzôn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)lɑˈzo.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)lɑˈzo.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܙܘܢܐ (ḥəlāzōnā) m (plural ܚܠܙܘܢܐ)

  1. shellfish, murex

Inflection

References

  • xlzwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-06-14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 105b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 142b-143a
  • 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. 454a, 455b
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