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*hll - to be imbecile, weak-minded, mad; be mocked at
(SED I No. 19ᵥ)
Originally rather a biconsonantal stem. Note various ways of triconsonantization in Eth. and a full reduplication in Arb. and Soq.
Words
Akkadian
ulālu
- weakling
(CAD U–W 69, AHw. 1407)
Hebrew
hll
- to be infatuated; to make look foolish; (po.) to make a mockery of; (hitpo.) to pretend to be mad; to act like a madman
(HALOT 249)
Hebrew
hōlēlūt
- foolishness, blindness
(HALOT 242)
Syriac
hll
- (aph.) to scoff, mock; to despise, disdain; to praise
(LSyr. 176, SL 344)
Arabic
halhal
- injure; sottise
(DRS 411)
Arabic
wahl-
- opinion, idée fausse qu'on se fait sur quelque chose (opinion, misconception we have about something)
(BK 2 1616)
May be related as a root variant.
Geez
hawlaya
- to ridicule, mock, make fun of, jeer at
(CDG 220)
Also ḥawlaya.
Tigre
haläwläw
- foolish
(WTS 4)
Partial reduplication.
Amharic
allälä
- to be in heat (equines); to desire sex
(AED 1102)
Semanically possible, but hard to prove.
Soddo
wällät
- foolish, imbecile
(EDG 653)
Soqotri
hálhal
- bête, idiot
(LS 143)
Full reduplication.