ܫܠܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic phrasebook

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Common Northwest Semitic, from Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šəlāmā); compare Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm), Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm), Arabic سَلَام (salām) and Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /⁠šalāmu⁠/).

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ܫܠܵܡܵܐ • (šlāmā)

1. (conventional greeting) hello, hi

   Synonyms: (sometimes formal; to a man) ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܟ݂ (šlāmā ˁalūḵ), (sometimes formal; to a woman) ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šlāmā ˁallāḵ), (sometimes formal; to a group) ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šlāmā ˁallāwḵōn)

ܫܠܵܡܵܐ • (šlāmā) m (plural ܫܠܵܡܹ̈ܐ (šlāmē))

1. (uncountable) peace, harmony (freedom from disturbance)

   Synonym: ܫܲܝܢܵܐ (šaynā)

2. (uncountable) well-being, welfare
3. (countable) greeting, salutation, salute
4. (Christianity) pax, kiss of peace

   ܒܥܹܕܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܲܚ ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܒܐܝܼ̈ܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܢ ― bˁēdtā kē yāḇaḥ šlāmā ḥa lḥa b-īḏāṯan ― In church, we give the pax (greet) each other with our hands.

5. (ecclesiastical) invocation of peace, pax vobiscum

• ܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܫܠܵܡܹ̈ܐ (yāḇēl šlāmē, “to greet”)
• ܫܵܐܹܠ ܒܲܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šāˀēl bašlāmā, “to ask how one is, to ask about the health of”)

Compare Hebrew שָׁלֵם (shalém) and Arabic سَالِم (sālim).

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ܫܲܠܡܵܐ • (šalmā) (feminine ܫܲܠܡܬ݂ܵܐ (šalmṯā), plural ܫܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ (šalmē))

1. whole, perfect, complete
2. peaceful, harmonious
3. healthy, safe
4. (mathematics) whole, integral
5. (grammar) strong plural

• Aramaic: שְׁלָמָא

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܡ (š-l-m) related to completing; compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm), Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālōm), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /⁠šalāmu⁠/).

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ܫܠܵܡܵܐ or ܫܠܳܡܳܐ • (šəlāmā or šlomo)

1. A greeting; equivalent to hello.

ܫܠܵܡܵܐ or ܫܠܳܡܳܐ • (šəlāmā or šlomo)

1. peace, wholeness, perfection, completeness

   Peshitta, Epistle to the Colossians 1:2:

   • ܫܠܡܐ ܥܡܟܘܢ ܘܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܒܘܢ

     šəlāmā ʿamḵōn wə-ṭaybūṯā men ʾălāhā ʾăḇūn

     Peace be with you and grace from God our Father

2. health, welfare, safety, prosperity
3. greeting, salutation, salute
4. (Christianity) pax, kiss of peace
5. (ecclesiastical) invocation of peace, pax vobiscum

• ܫܝܢܐ (šaynā)
• ܚܘܠܡܢܐ (ḥūlmānā)

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܡ (š-l-m) related to completing; compare Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šālēm). The sense of "strong plural" is a calque of Arabic سَالِم (sālim).

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ftr=šəlamṯā
pltr=šalmē

ܫܠܡܐ • (šalmā) m (plural ܫܠܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܠܡܬܐ)

1. peaceful, harmonious
2. whole, perfect, unblemished, complete, entire, full, achieved
3. healthy, well, safe, sound, prosperous
4. common, accessible

ܫܠܡܐ • (šalmā) m (plural ܫܠܡܐ (šalmē))

1. (grammar) strong plural (as opposed to a broken plural)
2. holocaust, sacrifice, burnt offering

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ܫܠܡܐ • (šālmā)

1. peal feminine absolute singular active participle of ܫܠܡ
2. peal masculine emphatic singular active participle of ܫܠܡ

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ܫܠܡܐ • (šālmē)

1. peal masculine emphatic plural active participle of ܫܠܡ

• “šlm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
• “šlm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 370b, 371a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 582a
• 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, pages 1567b-1568a

From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šəlāmā).

ܫܠܳܡܐ • (šlomo)

1. A greeting; equivalent to hello.

ܫܠܳܡܐ • (šlomo) m

1. peace

From Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šəlāmā).

ܫܠܳܡܰܐ (slōma)

1. A greeting; equivalent to hello.

ܫܠܳܡܰܐ (slōma)

1. peace