Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܣ-ܠ-ܩ (s-l-q) related to ascending.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [s(ə)lɑqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [s(ə)lɑqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܠܩܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܠܩܐ)

  1. ascending, ascension
  2. winnowing
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Arabic سِلْق (silq) and Hebrew סֶלֶק (séleq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܣܠܩܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܠܩܬܐ)

  1. beet, beetroot, mangelwurzel
Inflection edit

References edit

  • slq”, 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. 230a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 379b
  • 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. 1016a