ܨܠܝܒܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Forming a root ܨ-ܠ-ܒ (ṣ-l-b) related to crucifying, impaling, from Akkadian 𒁇 (/ṣalāpu/, “to cross out, to pervert; to give difficulty or be crooked, not be easy or straight”). As nouns also Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) and Hebrew צְלָב (ṣəlāḇ), Ge'ez ጸልቦ (ṣälbo), ሰሊብ (sälib), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value sem-jar is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Persian چلیپا (čalipâ, “cross”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܨܠܝܒܐ • (ṣəlīḇā) m (plural ܨܠܝܒܐ)
Inflection
inflection of ܨܠܝܒܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܨܠܝܒ | ܨܠܝܒܝܢ |
| construct | ܨܠܝܒ | ܨܠܝܒܝ |
| emphatic | ܨܠܝܒܐ | ܨܠܝܒܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܨܠܝܒܝ | ܨܠܝܒܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܨܠܝܒܟ | ܨܠܝܒܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܨܠܝܒܟܝ | ܨܠܝܒܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܨܠܝܒܗ | ܨܠܝܒܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܨܠܝܒܗ | ܨܠܝܒܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܨܠܝܒܢ | ܨܠܝܒܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܨܠܝܒܟܘܢ | ܨܠܝܒܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܨܠܝܒܟܝܢ | ܨܠܝܒܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܨܠܝܒܗܘܢ | ܨܠܝܒܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܨܠܝܒܗܝܢ | ܨܠܝܒܝܗܝܢ |
Descendants
- → Malayalam: സ്ലീവ (slīva)
References
- “ṣlyb”, 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, page 302a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 479b
- 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, page 1288b