ܣܠܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܣܝܠܘܪܐ (sīlūrā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros), possibly via Latin silūrus. Possibly a doublet of ܙܠܒܪܝܐ (zəlaḇrəyā).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [salˈlu.rɑ], [s(ə.)ˈlo.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [salˈlu.rɑ], [ˈslo.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [sɑˈlu.ro], [ˈslu.ro]

Noun

ܣܠܘܪܐ • (sallūrā, səlōrām (plural ܣܠܘܪܐ (sallūrē, səlōrē))

  1. kind of river fish; catfish; shad

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܠܘܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܠܘܪ 1st person ܣܠܘܪܝ ܣܠܘܪܢ
construct ܣܠܘܪ 2nd person ܣܠܘܪܟ ܣܠܘܪܟܝ ܣܠܘܪܟܘܢ ܣܠܘܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܠܘܪܐ 3rd person ܣܠܘܪܗ ܣܠܘܪܗ ܣܠܘܪܗܘܢ ܣܠܘܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܠܘܪܝܢ 1st person ܣܠܘܪܝ ܣܠܘܪܝܢ
construct ܣܠܘܪܝ 2nd person ܣܠܘܪܝܟ ܣܠܘܪܝܟܝ ܣܠܘܪܝܟܘܢ ܣܠܘܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܠܘܪܐ 3rd person ܣܠܘܪܘܗܝ ܣܠܘܪܝܗ ܣܠܘܪܝܗܘܢ ܣܠܘܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Arabic: سِلَّوْر (sillawr), سَلُّور (sallūr)

See also

References

  • slwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 11 May 2019
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 378b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 1012b