ܫܠܝܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܐ (š-l-ʾ) related to drawing out. Compare Hebrew שִׁלְיָה (šilyâ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)liθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛljɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ʃaljɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܫܠܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܫܠܝܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) placenta, afterbirth; caul
  2. membrane, thin skin

Inflection

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References

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  • šlyyh”, 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. 369a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 580b
  • 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. 1565b