Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܫܠܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܠܚܐ)

  1. swarm
  2. riverbank
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ܫܠܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܠܚܐ)

  1. skin, hide, pelt, fleece
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܫܠܚܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. undressing, stripping
  2. removal
Inflection edit

References edit

  • 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