سلور

Arabic

Alternative forms

• صِلَّوْر (ṣillawr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܱܠܽܘܪܴܐ (sallūrā, “catfish”), from Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros).

Noun

سِلَّوْر or سَلُّور • (sillawr or sallūr) m

1. catfish

Declension

Declension of noun سِلَّوْر (sillawr)‎; سَلُّور (sallūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِلَّوْر‎; سَلُّور sillawr‎; sallūr	السِّلَّوْر‎; السَّلُّور as-sillawr‎; as-sallūr	سِلَّوْر‎; سَلُّور sillawr‎; sallūr
Nominative	سِلَّوْرٌ‎; سَلُّورٌ sillawrun‎; sallūrun	السِّلَّوْرُ‎; السَّلُّورُ as-sillawru‎; as-sallūru	سِلَّوْرُ‎; سَلُّورُ sillawru‎; sallūru
Accusative	سِلَّوْرًا‎; سَلُّورًا sillawran‎; sallūran	السِّلَّوْرَ‎; السَّلُّورَ as-sillawra‎; as-sallūra	سِلَّوْرَ‎; سَلُّورَ sillawra‎; sallūra
Genitive	سِلَّوْرٍ‎; سَلُّورٍ sillawrin‎; sallūrin	السِّلَّوْرِ‎; السَّلُّورِ as-sillawri‎; as-sallūri	سِلَّوْرِ‎; سَلُّورِ sillawri‎; sallūri

References

• “slwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سلور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 673
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 121–122
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “صلور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 513
• Streck, Maximilian (1907) “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 61, page 637