ܫܝܫܠܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܫܝܫܠܬܐ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪʃ.ɪl.tɑː]

Noun

ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ • (šīšiltā) f sg (plural ܫܝܼܫ̈ܠܵܬ݂ܹܐ (šīšlāṯē) or ܫܝܼܫ̈ܠܹܐ (šīšlē) or ܫܝܼܫܸ̈ܠܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šīšilyāṯā))

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

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܫܲܠܫܸܠ (šalšil, to enchain, thread)
  • ܫܝܼܫܠܵܝܵܐ (šīšlāyā, made of chain)
  • ܫܝܼܫܠܵܢܵܝܵܐ (šīšlānāyā, in the form of a chain)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܫܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltā)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܫܝܫܠܬܐ • (šēšaltā) f (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

References

  • 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
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