ܨܠܝܒܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܨ ܠ ܒ (ṣ l b)
3 terms
ܨܠܝܒ݂ܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlīḇā), from Akkadian 𒁇 (/⁠ṣalāpu⁠/, to cross out).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣlīḇām (plural ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ṣlīḇē) or ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ṣlīḇānē))

  1. crucifix, cross
    Synonym: ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ (zqīpā)

Inflection

Proper noun

ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ṣlīḇā?

  1. a surname

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Forming a root ܨ-ܠ-ܒ (ṣ-l-b) related to crucifying, impaling, from Akkadian 𒁇 (/⁠ṣalāpu⁠/, to cross out, to pervert; to give difficulty or be crooked, not be easy or straight). As nouns also Arabic صَلِيب (ṣalīb) and Hebrew צְלָב (ṣəlāḇ), Ge'ez ጸልቦ (ṣälbo), ሰሊብ (sälib), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic צְלִיבָא (ṣəlībā), Persian چلیپا (čalipâ, cross).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܨܠܝܒܐ (ṣəlīḇām (plural ܨܠܝܒܐ)

  1. crucifix, cross
    Synonyms: ܙܩܝܦܐ, ܩܝܣܐ
  2. (Christianity) sign of the cross
  3. crucifixion
    Synonym: ܙܩܝܦܐ

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • ṣlyb”, 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 302a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 479b
  • 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 1288b