Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܫ ܠ ܐ related to drawing out. Compare Hebrew שִׁלְיָה (šilyâ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)liθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛljɑθɑ], [ʃaljɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

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ܫܠܝܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܫܠܝܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) placenta, afterbirth; caul
  2. membrane, thin skin

Inflection

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Inflection of ܫܠܝܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܫܠܝ 1st person ܫܠܝܬܝ ܫܠܝܬܢ
construct ܫܠܝܬ 2nd person ܫܠܝܬܟ ܫܠܝܬܟܝ ܫܠܝܬܟܘܢ ܫܠܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܫܠܝܬܐ 3rd person ܫܠܝܬܗ ܫܠܝܬܗ ܫܠܝܬܗܘܢ ܫܠܝܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܫܠܝܢ 1st person ܫܠܝܬܝ ܫܠܝܬܢ
construct ܫܠܝܬ 2nd person ܫܠܝܬܟ ܫܠܝܬܟܝ ܫܠܝܬܟܘܢ ܫܠܝܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܫܠܝܬܐ 3rd person ܫܠܝܬܗ ܫܠܝܬܗ ܫܠܝܬܗܘܢ ܫܠܝܬܗܝܢ

References

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  • šlyyh”, 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 369a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 1565b