ܫܠܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܠ ܚ (š l ḥ)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɪl.xaː.], [ʃɪl.ħaː.]

Noun

ܫܸܠܚܵܐ • (šilḥā) m (plural ܫܸܠܚܹ̈ܐ (šilḥē))

1. swarm of bees (outside the beehive)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ) related to sending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛlħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɛlħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܠܚܐ)

1. swarm
2. riverbank

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܠܚܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܠܚ	ܫܠܚܝܢ
construct	ܫܠܚ	ܫܠܚܝ
emphatic	ܫܠܚܐ	ܫܠܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܠܚܝ	ܫܠܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܠܚܟ	ܫܠܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܝ	ܫܠܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܠܚܗ	ܫܠܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܠܚܗ	ܫܠܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܠܚܢ	ܫܠܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܘܢ	ܫܠܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܝܢ	ܫܠܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܠܚܗܘܢ	ܫܠܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܠܚܗܝܢ	ܫܠܚܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ) related to stripping. Compare Arabic سَلْخ (salḵ) and Hebrew שֶׁלַח (šélaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛlħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɛlħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܠܚܐ)

1. skin, hide, pelt, fleece

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܠܚܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܠܚ	ܫܠܚܝܢ
construct	ܫܠܚ	ܫܠܚܝ
emphatic	ܫܠܚܐ	ܫܠܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܠܚܝ	ܫܠܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܠܚܟ	ܫܠܚܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܝ	ܫܠܚܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܠܚܗ	ܫܠܚܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܠܚܗ	ܫܠܚܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܠܚܢ	ܫܠܚܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܘܢ	ܫܠܚܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܝܢ	ܫܠܚܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܠܚܗܘܢ	ܫܠܚܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܠܚܗܝܢ	ܫܠܚܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ) related to stripping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑħɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܠܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. undressing, stripping
2. removal

Inflection

    declension of ܫܠܚܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܫܠܚ
construct	ܫܠܚ
emphatic	ܫܠܚܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܠܚܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܠܚܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܠܚܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܠܚܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܠܚܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܠܚܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܠܚܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܠܚܗܝܢ

References

• “šlḥ”, 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. 369b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 579a
• 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. 1562a-b