ܨܠܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܨ-ܠ-ܐ (ṣ-l-ʾ) related to bending or bowing down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤ(ə)loθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˤ(ə)lawwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܨܠܘܬܐ • (ṣəlōṯā) f (plural ܨܠܘܬܐ)

1. prayer
2. temple, sanctuary
3. (Christianity, theology) reconciliation, readmission to communion

Inflection

    declension of ܨܠܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܨܠܘ	ܨܠܘܢ
construct	ܨܠܘܬ	ܨܠܘܬ
emphatic	ܨܠܘܬܐ	ܨܠܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܨܠܘܬܝ	ܨܠܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟ	ܨܠܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟܝ	ܨܠܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܨܠܘܬܗ	ܨܠܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܨܠܘܬܗ	ܨܠܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܨܠܘܬܢ	ܨܠܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟܘܢ	ܨܠܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟܝܢ	ܨܠܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ	ܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܨܠܘܬܗܝܢ	ܨܠܘܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Arabic: صَلَاة (ṣalāh), صَلَوٰة (ṣalāh)
  • → Afar: salat
  • → Armenian: սալավաթ (salavatʻ)
  • → Azerbaijani: salavat
  • → Bashkir: салауат (salawat), Салауат (Salawat) (proper name)
  • → English: salat
  • → Georgian: სალავათი (salavati)
  • → Persian: صلات (salât)
  • → Indonesian: salat, shalat, solat, sholat
  • → Japanese: サラー (sarā)
  • → Judeo-Arabic: צלא (ṣla, “synagogue”)
  • → Malay: solat
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صلوات (salavat)
    • Turkish: salavat
  • → Tatar: салават (salawat)
  • → Russian: саля́т (salját)
  • → Spanish: azalá
  • → Swahili: swala

References

• “ṣlw”, 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. 302a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 479a
• 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, pp. 1286b-1287a