# \*ḥly: 'to be sick, infirm'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥly, 'to be sick, infirm': reflexes in 11 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥly |
| Meaning | 'to be sick, infirm' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2262 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḥll 'to have pains in the thighs or knees (said of a man), to have pains in the hocks (said of a horse)', ḥalal- 'weakening of the nerves of the foot (in the horse); pain in the thighs and the knees; weakness of the hocks (in a camel)' \[BK 1 473\] | BK 1 473 |  |
| Mehri | ḥǝyūl \[JM 197\]; ḥáywǝl \[ibid. 193\] | JM 197; JM 193 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ḥáyil \[JJ 121\] | JJ 121 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | (?) ḫalû Mari \[CAD ḫ 54\]. | CAD ḫ 54 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ḥǝlla, ḥallälä \[LH 52\]; cf. ḥalat \[ibid. 55\]. Cf. also täḥawälä \[ibid. 89\] | LH 52; LH 55; LH 89 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | HLA \[DM 148\], haliuta \[ibid. 121\] | DM 148; DM 121 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ḥɛ́l \[JJ 121\] | JJ 121 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḥālā (HALOT 316) | HALOT 316 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL ḥayla (SED I 292) | SED I 292 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ḥ?lj: jāḥlī, jīḥlī (Gelb AS 21, 20); yiḥlî (Buck 2019, 327); ḫalû (Streck 2000, 92) | Gelb AS 21 20; Buck 2019, 327; Streck 2000 92 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḥlyʾ (HALOT 318) | HALOT 318 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>)

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