سليخة

Arabic

سَلِيخَة

Etymology

From the root س ل خ (s l ḵ); a wanderwort with potential for a native Arabian Peninsula origin, Old South Arabian 𐩪𐩡𐩭𐩩 (s¹lḫt), Neo-Babylonian 𒋆𒃻𒇷𒄩𒌈 (/⁠šalīḫātu⁠/) (attested once as plural), Latin serichatum reported by Plin. nat. hist. XII 99. Classical Syriac ܡܫܠܚܬܐ (mǝšallaḥṯā) is apparently learnedly formed after Arabic, Classical Syriac ܣܠܝܟܗ (salīḵā) is only found in Bar Hebraeus and apparently a logogram of Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.liː.xa/

Noun

سَلِيخَة • (salīḵa) f

1. cassia, Cinnamomum cassia syn. Cinnamomum aromaticum

Declension

Declension of noun سَلِيخَة (salīḵa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلِيخَة salīḵa	السَّلِيخَة as-salīḵa	سَلِيخَة salīḵat
Nominative	سَلِيخَةٌ salīḵatun	السَّلِيخَةُ as-salīḵatu	سَلِيخَةُ salīḵatu
Accusative	سَلِيخَةً salīḵatan	السَّلِيخَةَ as-salīḵata	سَلِيخَةَ salīḵata
Genitive	سَلِيخَةٍ salīḵatin	السَّلِيخَةِ as-salīḵati	سَلِيخَةِ salīḵati

Descendants

• → Ge'ez: ሰሊካ (sälika), ሰሊክ (sälik), ሰሊኆት (säliḫot), ሰሊሖት (säliḥot)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سليخة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 339
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 114
• Pincus, Siegbert (1916) “Die Scholien des Barhebraeus zu Exodus”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 70, page 115
• Sima, Alexander (2000) Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 277–278
• “mšlḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “slykh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–