Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܫܝܫܠܬܐ

Etymology edit

Common Semitic; compare Akkadian 𒉠𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršerratu⁠/), Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila), Hebrew שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת (šaršéreṯ), and Amharic ሰንሰለት (sänsälät). Also compare Old Armenian շղթայ (šłtʻay).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪʃ.ɪl.tɑː]

Noun edit

ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ (šīšiltāf sg (plural ܫܝܼܫ̈ܠܵܬ݂ܹܐ (šīšlāṯē) or ܫܝܼܫ̈ܠܹܐ (šīšlē) or ܫܝܼܫܸ̈ܠܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šīšilyāṯā))

  1. chain, bond, fetter
  2. line, series, sequence
  3. necklace
  4. zipper

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Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Common Semitic; compare Akkadian 𒉠𒂡𒂡 (/⁠šeršerratu⁠/), Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila), Hebrew שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת (šaršéreṯ), and Amharic ሰንሰለት (sänsälät). Also compare Old Armenian շղթայ (šłtʻay).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃe(j)ʃaltɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃe(j)ʃle(ʔ)], [ʃe(j)ʃlɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltāf (plural ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šĕšlāṯā) or ܫܝܫܠܐ (šešle))

  1. chain, bond, fetter
  2. line, series, sequence
  3. offspring
  4. crowd, throng, troop
  5. (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šyšlh”, 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, page 384b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 575b
  • 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, page 1555a