ܡܨܠܐ

From Aramaic צַלֵּא (ṣallē), intensitive stem of ܨܵܠܹܐ (ṣālē, “to go down, descend”). The usage of “to pray” is possibly a semantic loan from Akkadian; compare Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā)

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܡܨܲܠܹܐ • (mṣallē)

1. to pray
   • Matthew 6:9:

     ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܲܚܬܘܿܢ ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܨܲܠܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܨܠܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ: ܒܵܒܲܢ ܕܒܫܡܲܝܵܐ، ܦܵܐܹܫ ܡܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂.

     īnā aḥtōn hādḵā ṣallēmūn ṣlōṯā: bāban d-b-šmayyā, pāˀēš mqudšā šimūḵ.

     In this manner therefore pray: Our father in heaven, Hallowed be your name.

   • 1 Corinthians 14:14:

     ܡܸܛܠ ܐܸܢ ܡܨܲܠܹܝܢ ܒܚܲܕ݇ ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܝܕ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ، ܪܘܼܚܝܼ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܡܨܲܠܘܼܝܹܐ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܝܼ ܠܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܸܥܒ݂ܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܗܸܟ̰ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ.

     miṭṭul in mṣallēn b-ḥa liššānā lā ḏīˁā, rūḥī ìlāh mṣalūyē, īnā riˁyānī lē ìlēh biˁḇāḏā hič mindī.

     For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit is praying, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Causative of ܨܵܠܹܐ (ṣālē, “to go down, descend”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܡܲܨܠܹܐ • (maṣlē)

1. (transitive) to take down, bring down, lower

   Antonyms: ܡܲܣܸܩ (massiq), ܡܲܪܸܡ (marrim)

2. (transitive, computing) to download (to transfer data from an outside source to one’s own disk or data storage)

   Synonym: ܡܲܢܚܸܬ݂ (manḥiṯ)

• (download): While ܡܲܨܠܹܐ (maṣlē) technically means to download, in colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic it can mean both to download and upload; ܡܲܣܸܩ (massiq) is the suggested word for upload in Iraqi Koine.