ܣܠܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܣܝܠܘܪܐ (sīlūrā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros), possibly via Latin silūrus. Possibly a doublet of ܙܠܒܪܝܐ (zəlaḇrəyā).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [salˈlu.rɑ], [s(ə.)ˈlo.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [salˈlu.rɑ], [ˈslo.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [sɑˈlu.ro], [ˈslu.ro]

Noun

ܣܠܘܪܐ • (sallūrā, səlōrā) m (plural ܣܠܘܪܐ (sallūrē, səlōrē))

  1. kind of river fish; catfish; shad

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: سِلَّوْر (sillawr), سَلُّور (sallūr)

See also

References

  • slwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-11
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233b
  • 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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