ܗܝܟܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Probably from Akkadian 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum, “palace, temple”), from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal); compare Arabic هَيْكَل‎ (haykal), Hebrew הֵיכָל‎ (hêḵāl), Ugaritic 𐎅𐎋𐎍 (hkl /hêkal/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hajk(ə)lɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [hajk(ə)le] (plural)

Noun

ܗܝܟܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܗܝܟܠܐ)

palace
temple
church
(architecture) nave
shrine, holy place

Inflection

inflection of ܗܝܟܠܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܗܝܟܠ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܢ‎
construct	ܗܝܟܠ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝ‎
emphatic	ܗܝܟܠܐ	ܗܝܟܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܗܝܟܠܝ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܗܝܟܠܟ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܗܝܟܠܟܝ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܗܝܟܠܗ‎	ܗܝܟܠܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܗܝܟܠܗ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܗܝܟܠܢ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܗܝܟܠܟܘܢ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܗܝܟܠܟܝܢ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܗܝܟܠܗܘܢ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܗܝܟܠܗܝܢ‎	ܗܝܟܠܝܗܝܢ‎

Derived terms

ܗܝܟܠܘܢܐ‎
ܗܝܟܠܘܬܐ‎

Descendants

→ Sogdian: 𐼳𐼷𐼸𐽄𐼰‎ (hyklʾ /heykala/, “nave”)

References

“hykl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-12
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 76b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 103a-b
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. 340b-341a