سلباح

Arabic

Alternative forms

• صِلِنْبَاح (ṣilinbāḥ)

Etymology

Unknown, speculated a Berber borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sil.baːħ/

Noun

سِلْبَاح • (silbāḥ) m (collective, singulative سِلْبَاحَة f (silbāḥa), plural سَلَابِيح (salābīḥ))

1. (rare, al-Andalus, Morocco) eel, or slime eel
   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 187 (fol. 18r,15–16), page 374:

     الجِرِّيث السلباحة منه.

     Slime eel is eel in the same author [Kunnāš by Ibn Isḥāq].

Declension

Declension of noun سِلْبَاح (silbāḥ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلْبَاح silbāḥ	السِّلْبَاح as-silbāḥ	سِلْبَاح silbāḥ
Nominative	سِلْبَاحٌ silbāḥun	السِّلْبَاحُ as-silbāḥu	سِلْبَاحُ silbāḥu
Accusative	سِلْبَاحًا silbāḥan	السِّلْبَاحَ as-silbāḥa	سِلْبَاحَ silbāḥa
Genitive	سِلْبَاحٍ silbāḥin	السِّلْبَاحِ as-silbāḥi	سِلْبَاحِ silbāḥi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلْبَاحَة silbāḥa	السِّلْبَاحَة as-silbāḥa	سِلْبَاحَة silbāḥat
Nominative	سِلْبَاحَةٌ silbāḥatun	السِّلْبَاحَةُ as-silbāḥatu	سِلْبَاحَةُ silbāḥatu
Accusative	سِلْبَاحَةً silbāḥatan	السِّلْبَاحَةَ as-silbāḥata	سِلْبَاحَةَ silbāḥata
Genitive	سِلْبَاحَةٍ silbāḥatin	السِّلْبَاحَةِ as-silbāḥati	سِلْبَاحَةِ silbāḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلْبَاحَتَيْن silbāḥatayn	السِّلْبَاحَتَيْن as-silbāḥatayn	سِلْبَاحَتَيْ silbāḥatay
Nominative	سِلْبَاحَتَانِ silbāḥatāni	السِّلْبَاحَتَانِ as-silbāḥatāni	سِلْبَاحَتَا silbāḥatā
Accusative	سِلْبَاحَتَيْنِ silbāḥatayni	السِّلْبَاحَتَيْنِ as-silbāḥatayni	سِلْبَاحَتَيْ silbāḥatay
Genitive	سِلْبَاحَتَيْنِ silbāḥatayni	السِّلْبَاحَتَيْنِ as-silbāḥatayni	سِلْبَاحَتَيْ silbāḥatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلْبَاحَات silbāḥāt	السِّلْبَاحَات as-silbāḥāt	سِلْبَاحَات silbāḥāt
Nominative	سِلْبَاحَاتٌ silbāḥātun	السِّلْبَاحَاتُ as-silbāḥātu	سِلْبَاحَاتُ silbāḥātu
Accusative	سِلْبَاحَاتٍ silbāḥātin	السِّلْبَاحَاتِ as-silbāḥāti	سِلْبَاحَاتِ silbāḥāti
Genitive	سِلْبَاحَاتٍ silbāḥātin	السِّلْبَاحَاتِ as-silbāḥāti	سِلْبَاحَاتِ silbāḥāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلَابِيح salābīḥ	السَّلَابِيح as-salābīḥ	سَلَابِيح salābīḥ
Nominative	سَلَابِيحُ salābīḥu	السَّلَابِيحُ as-salābīḥu	سَلَابِيحُ salābīḥu
Accusative	سَلَابِيحَ salābīḥa	السَّلَابِيحَ as-salābīḥa	سَلَابِيحَ salābīḥa
Genitive	سَلَابِيحَ salābīḥa	السَّلَابِيحِ as-salābīḥi	سَلَابِيحِ salābīḥi

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سلباح”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 671a
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “صِلِنْبَاح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 516b