شلبة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• شِلْبَا (šilbā), شِلْبَايَة (šilbāya)

Etymology

From Coptic ϫⲉⲗϥⲁⲧ (jelfat), ⲥⲗⲃⲟⲧ (slbot). The form شِلْبَا (šilbā) appears most classical, compare also Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē), but in Egyptian Arabic the length is not pronounced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃil.ba/

Noun

شِلْبَة • (šilba) f (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia)

1. Schilbe gen. et spp.
2. Sarpa salpa, monotypic genus Sarpa

Declension

Declension of noun شِلْبَة (šilba)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شِلْبَة šilba	الشِّلْبَة aš-šilba	شِلْبَة šilbat
nominative	شِلْبَةٌ šilbatun	الشِّلْبَةُ aš-šilbatu	شِلْبَةُ šilbatu
accusative	شِلْبَةً šilbatan	الشِّلْبَةَ aš-šilbata	شِلْبَةَ šilbata
genitive	شِلْبَةٍ šilbatin	الشِّلْبَةِ aš-šilbati	شِلْبَةِ šilbati

Descendants

• Translingual: Schilbe

References

• Corriente, Federico (2008), “Coptic loanwords of Egyptian Arabic in comparison with the parallel case of Romance loanwords in Andalusi Arabic, with the true Egyptian etymon of Al-Andalus”, in Collectanea Christiana Orientalia, volume 5, →DOI, page 88