ܨܠܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܨ-ܠ-ܐ (IPA: /sˁ-l-ʔ/) related to bending or bowing down.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sˁ(ə)loθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [sˁ(ə)lawwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܠܘܬܐ f (emphatic plural ܨܠܘܬܐ)

1. prayer
2. temple, sanctuary
3. (Christianity, theology) reconciliation, readmission to communion

Inflection

    declension of ܨܠܘܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܨܠܘ	ܨܠܘܢ
construct	ܨܠܘܬ	ܨܠܘܬ
emphatic	ܨܠܘܬܐ	ܨܠܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܨܠܘܬܝ	ܨܠܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟ	ܨܠܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟܝ	ܨܠܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܨܠܘܬܗ	ܨܠܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܨܠܘܬܗ	ܨܠܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܨܠܘܬܢ	ܨܠܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟܘܢ	ܨܠܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܨܠܘܬܟܝܢ	ܨܠܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ	ܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܨܠܘܬܗܝܢ	ܨܠܘܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Arabic: صَلَاة (ṣalā(t))

References

• "clw" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 302a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 479a
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, pp. 1286b-1287a