ܫܘܠܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܛ (š-l-ṭ) related to dominating. Compare Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃultˤɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃultˤɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܠܛܢܐ • (šūlṭānāʾ) m (plural ܫܘܠܛܢܐ)

1. power, might
2. domination, victory
3. sway, mastery, control
4. free will
5. yielding
6. permission
7. function, duty, charge
8. authority, rule, government, office
9. sovereignty, imperium, jurisdiction, capacity
10. dominion, territory, district, province, diocese
11. sultan, prince
12. chief, ruler, commander, governor, magistrate
13. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܘܠܛܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܘܠܛܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܢ
construct	ܫܘܠܛܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝ
emphatic	ܫܘܠܛܢܐ	ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܘܠܛܢܝ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܘܠܛܢܟ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܘܠܛܢܟܝ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܘܠܛܢܗ	ܫܘܠܛܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܘܠܛܢܗ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܘܠܛܢܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܘܠܛܢܟܘܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܘܠܛܢܟܝܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܘܠܛܢܗܘܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܘܠܛܢܗܝܢ	ܫܘܠܛܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šwlṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-20
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 370a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 565b
• 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. 1528a-b