ܫܠܡܐ ܥܠܟܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic phrasebook

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Etymology

Literally, “peace be upon you”; compare the same in Arabic اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ (as-salāmu ʕalayki) and Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עָלַיִךְ (shalóm aláyikh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃlɑːmɑː‿ʕal.lɑːx.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʃlɑːmɑː‿lɑːx.]

Interjection

ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ • (šlāmā ˁallāḵ) f sg (masculine singular ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܟ݂ (šlāmā ˁalūḵ), plural ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šlāmā ˁallāwḵōn))

1. hello, hail, peace be upon you

   ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ ܝܵܐ ܡܵܪܬܝ ܡܲܪܝܲܡ، ܡܠܝܼܬܵܐ ܝܘܵܬܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܵܦܵܩܲܬ.

   šlāmā ˁallāḵ yā mārt maryam, mlītā ìwāt min šāpāqat.

   Hail Mary, full of grace (first line of the Hail Mary)

Usage notes

• This term is used when said to a single female.
• For some speakers, this term is fairly formal, in everyday speech often replaced with the shorter ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šlāmā).
• The typical response is ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ (bšaynā, literally “in peace”) or ܒܫܲܝܢܵܐ ܓܵܘܵܟ݂ܝ (bšaynā gāwāḵ, literally “in peace among you”).