ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (šeleppûm), from Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw (turtle); compare Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh) and Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה (shalkhufá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sal.loːpiːθɑ]

Noun

ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (salōpīṯā) f sg (plural ܣܲܠܘܿܦ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (salōpyāṯē))

  1. turtle
  2. tortoise

Inflection

Synonyms

  • ܪܲܩܵܐ (raqqā), ܚܸܨܦܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ḥiṣpānāytā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (šeleppûm). Compare Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sallofiθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sallofjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ • (sallōp̄īṯā) f (plural ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ)

  1. (dialectal) tortoise

Inflection

References

  • slwpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 378b
  • 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 1012b
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