سلباح

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, speculated a Berber borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

سِلْبَاح • (silbāḥ) m (collective, singulative سِلْبَاحَة f (silbāḥa), plural سَلَابِيح (salābīḥ))

  1. (rare, al-Andalus, Morocco) eel
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 187 (fol. 18r,15–16), page 374:
      الجِرِّيث السلباحة منه.
      Slime eel is eel in the same author .
    • a. 1200, Dietrich, Albert, editor, Dioscurides triumphans. Ein anonymer arabischer Kommentar (Ende 12. Jahrh. n. Chr.) zur Materia medica. 1. Teil: Arabischer Text (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse; Folge 3, Nr. 172), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1988, →ISBN, page 42 Buch II Nr. 25:
      سلوروس
      قال س: وهي الجِرّيِّ، وهو حوت طويل له خرطوم ساطٍ أملس بلا أسفاط يكون في نيل مصر، ويقول العامّة إنّه السلباح وذلك خطأ، والشيعة لا تأكل الجرّيّ وكذلك اليهود، وهو سماريس.
      σίλουρος
      S says: It is the slime-eel, and it is a long fish with an elongate snout, smooth without scales, living in Egypt’s Nile. People say it to be the eel, but this is false. Shiites eat the slime-eel not, neither do the Jews. It is also the picarel (σμαρίς).

Declension

Declension of noun سِلْبَاح (silbāḥ)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِلْبَاح
silbāḥ 		السِّلْبَاح
as-silbāḥ 		سِلْبَاح
silbāḥ
Nominative سِلْبَاحٌ
silbāḥun 		السِّلْبَاحُ
as-silbāḥu 		سِلْبَاحُ
silbāḥu
Accusative سِلْبَاحًا
silbāḥan 		السِّلْبَاحَ
as-silbāḥa 		سِلْبَاحَ
silbāḥa
Genitive سِلْبَاحٍ
silbāḥin 		السِّلْبَاحِ
as-silbāḥi 		سِلْبَاحِ
silbāḥi
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِلْبَاحَة
silbāḥa 		السِّلْبَاحَة
as-silbāḥa 		سِلْبَاحَة
silbāḥat
Nominative سِلْبَاحَةٌ
silbāḥatun 		السِّلْبَاحَةُ
as-silbāḥatu 		سِلْبَاحَةُ
silbāḥatu
Accusative سِلْبَاحَةً
silbāḥatan 		السِّلْبَاحَةَ
as-silbāḥata 		سِلْبَاحَةَ
silbāḥata
Genitive سِلْبَاحَةٍ
silbāḥatin 		السِّلْبَاحَةِ
as-silbāḥati 		سِلْبَاحَةِ
silbāḥati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِلْبَاحَتَيْن
silbāḥatayn 		السِّلْبَاحَتَيْن
as-silbāḥatayn 		سِلْبَاحَتَيْ
silbāḥatay
Nominative سِلْبَاحَتَانِ
silbāḥatāni 		السِّلْبَاحَتَانِ
as-silbāḥatāni 		سِلْبَاحَتَا
silbāḥatā
Accusative سِلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
silbāḥatayni 		السِّلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
as-silbāḥatayni 		سِلْبَاحَتَيْ
silbāḥatay
Genitive سِلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
silbāḥatayni 		السِّلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
as-silbāḥatayni 		سِلْبَاحَتَيْ
silbāḥatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سِلْبَاحَات
silbāḥāt 		السِّلْبَاحَات
as-silbāḥāt 		سِلْبَاحَات
silbāḥāt
Nominative سِلْبَاحَاتٌ
silbāḥātun 		السِّلْبَاحَاتُ
as-silbāḥātu 		سِلْبَاحَاتُ
silbāḥātu
Accusative سِلْبَاحَاتٍ
silbāḥātin 		السِّلْبَاحَاتِ
as-silbāḥāti 		سِلْبَاحَاتِ
silbāḥāti
Genitive سِلْبَاحَاتٍ
silbāḥātin 		السِّلْبَاحَاتِ
as-silbāḥāti 		سِلْبَاحَاتِ
silbāḥāti
Plural of variety basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَلَابِيح
salābīḥ 		السَّلَابِيح
as-salābīḥ 		سَلَابِيح
salābīḥ
Nominative سَلَابِيحُ
salābīḥu 		السَّلَابِيحُ
as-salābīḥu 		سَلَابِيحُ
salābīḥu
Accusative سَلَابِيحَ
salābīḥa 		السَّلَابِيحَ
as-salābīḥa 		سَلَابِيحَ
salābīḥa
Genitive سَلَابِيحَ
salābīḥa 		السَّلَابِيحِ
as-salābīḥi 		سَلَابِيحِ
salābīḥi

References

  • Dietrich, Albert, editor (a. 1200), Dioscurides triumphans. Ein anonymer arabischer Kommentar (Ende 12. Jahrh. n. Chr.) zur Materia medica. 2. Teil: Übersetzung und Kommentar (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse; Folge 3, Nr. 173) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1988, →ISBN, pages 213–214 Buch II Nr. 25
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سلباح”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 671a
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “صِلِنْبَاح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 516b
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