Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)liħuθɑ(ʔ)]

Etymology 1 edit

From ܫܠܝܚܐ (šəlīḥāʾ, messenger), from the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ) related to sending + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Hebrew שְׁלִיחוּת (šəlîḥûṯ).

Noun edit

ܫܠܝܚܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. mission, embassy
  2. message, news
  3. apostleship
  4. (collectively) apostles
  5. (horticulture) shoots, suckers
  6. palm branches
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From ܫܠܝܚܐ (šəlīḥāʾ, naked), from the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ) related to stripping + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Noun edit

ܫܠܝܚܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. nudity, nakedness, bareness
Inflection edit

References edit

  • šlyḥw”, 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. 580b
  • 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, pp. 1564b-1565a