ܚܠܨ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܚ ܠ ܨ‎ (ḥ l ṣ)
1 term

Etymology 1

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
    Synonyms: ܦܵܪܹܩ‎ (pārēq), ܫܲܠܸܡ‎ (šallim)
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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