ܫܠܓܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Possibly from Middle Persian [script needed] (SLKʾ /šalgam/), ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικόν (sikelikón, literally “the Sicilian one”). Doublet of ܣܠܩܐ (silqā, selqā); compare Persian شلغم (šalġam), Old Armenian շաղգամ (šałgam), Arabic شَلْجَم (šaljam), and Arabic سِلْق (silq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃalɡ(ə)mɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃalɡ(ə)me] (plural)
Noun
ܫܠܓܡܐ • (šalgəmā) m (plural ܫܠܓܡܐ (šalgəmē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܠܓܡ | 1st person | ܫܠܓܡܝ | ܫܠܓܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܠܓܡ | 2nd person | ܫܠܓܡܟ | ܫܠܓܡܟܝ | ܫܠܓܡܟܘܢ | ܫܠܓܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܠܓܡܐ | 3rd person | ܫܠܓܡܗ | ܫܠܓܡܗ | ܫܠܓܡܗܘܢ | ܫܠܓܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܠܓܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܠܓܡܝ | ܫܠܓܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܠܓܡܝ | 2nd person | ܫܠܓܡܝܟ | ܫܠܓܡܝܟܝ | ܫܠܓܡܝܟܘܢ | ܫܠܓܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܠܓܡܐ | 3rd person | ܫܠܓܡܘܗܝ | ܫܠܓܡܝܗ | ܫܠܓܡܝܗܘܢ | ܫܠܓܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “šlgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 264
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , pages 241–242 Nr. 177
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 578a
- 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 1560b