ܫܠܦܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܦ (š-l-p) related to extracting.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfe] (plural)

Noun

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ܫܠܦܐ (šəlāp̄ām (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

  1. extraction (e.g., of an arrow) from a wound
  2. bread trencher
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܦ (š-l-p) related to extracting. Compare Hebrew שֹׁ֥לֵֽף (šōlēf, knife, sword) and Northern Kurdish şilf (blade, (sharp) edge) (a Semitic borrowing).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfɑ], [ʃɛlpɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfe], [ʃɛlpe] (plural)

Noun

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ܫܠܦܐ (šəlāp̄ā, šelpām (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

  1. blade, handleless knife
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Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Compare Arabic سِلْف (silf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃɑlpɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑlpe] (plural)

Noun

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ܫܠܦܐ (šāləp̄ām (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

  1. brother-in-law (specifically sister's husband)
Inflection
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See also
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References

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  • šlpˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 371b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 582b
  • 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, p. 1569a