*hll: 'to be imbecile, weak-minded, mad; mocked at'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*hll
Meaning	'to be imbecile, weak-minded, mad; mocked at'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline semet 2261

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	SUD halhal [DRS 411]; EGYP halhil [Spiro 490].	DRS 411; Spiro 490	gloss withheld
Soqotri	hálhal [LS 143].	LS 143	gloss withheld
Akkadian	ulālu OB on [AHw 1407]	AHw 1407	gloss withheld
Tigre	haläwläw [LH 4]	LH 4	gloss withheld
Geez	hawlaya (also ḥawlaya, a graphic variant) [LGz 220]	LGz 220	gloss withheld
Gurage	SOD wällät [LGur 653]	LGur 653	gloss withheld
Hebrew	hll, (po.), (hitpo.) (HALOT 249), hōlēlūt (HALOT 242)	HALOT 249; HALOT 242	gloss withheld
Amharic	(?) allälä [K 1102].	K 1102	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	hll (Af.) 'he mocked, ridiculed; he looked down on, despised' [Brock 176]	Brock 176
Tigrinya	hallay 'stupid, imbecile' [Bass. 3]	Bass. 3

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Updated 22 October 2026

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