Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)liħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)liħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ), related to sending. Compare Arabic سَلِيح (salīḥ) and Hebrew שָׁלִיחַ (šālîaḥ).

Noun edit

ܫܠܝܚܐ (šlīḥām (plural ܫܠܝܚܐ)

  1. messenger, emissary
  2. (religion) missionary, apostle
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Malayalam: ശ്ലീഹ (ślīha)

Etymology 2 edit

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

Adjective edit

ܫܠܝܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܠܝܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܠܝܚܬܐ)

  1. sent
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

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

Adjective edit

ܫܠܝܚܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܫܠܝܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܠܝܚܬܐ)

  1. nude, naked, bare
Inflection edit
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References edit

  • šlyḥ”, 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. 580a-b
  • 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. 1564b