ܫܠܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܦ (š-l-p) related to extracting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܦܐ • (šəlāp̄ā) m (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

1. extraction (e.g., of an arrow) from a wound
2. bread trencher

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܦ (š-l-p) related to extracting. Compare Hebrew שֹׁ֥לֵֽף (šōlēf, “knife, sword”) and Northern Kurdish şilf (“blade, (sharp) edge”) (a Semitic borrowing).

Alternative forms

• ܫܘܠܦܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): , (singular)
• IPA^(key): , (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܦܐ • (šəlāp̄ā, šelpā) m (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

1. blade, handleless knife

Inflection

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb)
  • Armenian: շեղբ (šeġb)
    • ⇒ Armenian: շեղբիկ (šeġbik), շղբիկ (šġbik), շղբլինկ (šġblink), շղպլիկ (šġplik), շղբինկ (šġbink)
      • → Northern Kurdish: şixtîk (“useless old knife”)

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic سِلْف (silf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܦܐ • (šāləp̄ā) m (plural ܫܠܦܐ)

1. brother-in-law (specifically sister's husband)

Inflection

See also

• ܓܝܣܐ
• ܚܬܢܐ
• ܝܒܡܐ
• ܣܘܠܦܐ

References

• “šlpˀ”, 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, p. 371b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 582b
• 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, p. 1569a