Derived from the verb ܫܵܠܹܦ (šālēp, “to remove, extract”); compare Hebrew שֹׁלֵף (shólef, “knife, sword”) and borrowed into Northern Kurdish şilf (“blade, (sharp) edge”) (a Semitic borrowing).
ܫܘܼܠܦܵܐ • (šulpā) m (plural ܫܘܼܠܦܹ̈ܐ (šulpē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܠܘܿܦ (šlōp) | 1st person | ܫܘܼܠܦܝܼ (šulpī) | ܫܘܼܠܦܲܢ (šulpan) | |||
| construct | ܫܠܘܿܦ (šlōp) | 2nd person | ܫܘܼܠܦܘܼܟ݂ (šulpōḵ) | ܫܘܼܠܦܵܟ݂ܝ (šulpāḵ) | ܫܘܼܠܦܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šulpawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܘܼܠܦܵܐ (šulpā) | 3rd person | ܫܘܼܠܦܹܗ (šulpēh) | ܫܘܼܠܦܵܗ̇ (šulpāh) | ܫܘܼܠܦܗܘܿܢ (šulphōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܫܘܼܠܦܝܼ̈ܢ (šulpīn) | 1st person | ܫܘܼܠܦܝܼ̈ (šulpī) | ܫܘܼܠܦܲܢ̈ (šulpan) | |||
| construct | ܫܘܼܠܦܲܝ̈ (šulpay) | 2nd person | ܫܘܼܠܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (šulpōḵ) | ܫܘܼܠܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (šulpāḵ) | ܫܘܼܠܦܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šulpawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܫܘܼܠܦܹ̈ܐ (šulpē) | 3rd person | ܫܘܼܠܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (šulpūh) | ܫܘܼܠܦܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (šulpōh) | ܫܘܼܠܦܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (šulpayhōn) | |||