ܫܠܦܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 15 May 2017

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܦ (š-l-p) related to extracting.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfe] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܦܐ • (šəlāp̄ā) m (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

  1. extraction (e.g., of an arrow) from a wound
  2. bread trencher
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܦ (š-l-p) related to extracting. Compare Hebrew שֹׁ֥לֵֽף (šōlēf, knife, sword) and Northern Kurdish şilf (blade, (sharp) edge) (a Semitic borrowing).

Alternative forms

  • ܫܘܠܦܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfɑ], [ʃɛlpɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑfe], [ʃɛlpe] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܦܐ • (šəlāp̄ā, šelpā) m (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

  1. blade, handleless knife
Inflection
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb)
    • Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb)
      • Armenian: շեղբիկ (šeġbik), շղբիկ (šġbik), շղբլինկ (šġblink), շղպլիկ (šġplik), շղբինկ (šġbink)
        • Northern Kurdish: şixtîk (useless old knife)

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic سِلْف (silf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɑlpɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑlpe] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܦܐ • (šāləp̄ā) m (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

  1. brother-in-law (specifically sister's husband)
Inflection
See also

References

  • šlpˀ”, 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, p. 371b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 582b
  • 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, p. 1569a
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