سلاح
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Arabic
Etymology
From the root س ل ح (s-l-ḥ). Cognate with Hebrew שֶׁלַח (shélach, “dagger, short sword”).
Pronunciation
Noun
سِلَاح • (silāḥ) m (plural أَسْلِحَة (ʔasliḥa))
- weapon, arm
- 2020 December 10, Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 4 January 2021:
- مَدَّدَتِ ٱلْحُكُومَةُ ٱلْأَلْمَانِيَّةُ […] ٱلْحَظْرَ ٱلْمَفْرُوضَ عَلَى تَصْدِيرِ ٱلْأَسْلِحَةِ لِلْمَمْلَكَةِ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ ٱلسَّعُودِيَّةِ حَتَّى نِهَايَةِ عَامِ 2021، وَذَٰلِكَ لِلْخَوْفِ مِنِ ٱسْتِخْدَامِ ٱلسِّلَاحِ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ ٱلَّتِي تَقُودُهَا ٱلْمَمْلَكَةُ فِي ٱلْيَمَنِ.
- maddadati l-ḥukūmatu l-ʔalmāniyyatu […] l-ḥaẓra l-mafrūḍa ʕalā taṣdīri l-ʔasliḥati lilmamlakati l-ʕarabiyyati s-saʕūdiyyati ḥattā nihāyati ʕāmi 2021, waḏālika lilḵawfi mini stiḵdāmi s-silāḥi fī l-ḥarbi llatī taqūduhā l-mamlakatu fī l-yamani.
- The German government has decided to extend the ban on exporting weapons to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia till the end of 2021, fearing the weapons’ use in the war the Kingdom wages in Yemen.
- branch of the armed forces
- armor
- steel claw
- plowshare
Declension
Declension of noun سِلَاح (silāḥ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سِلَاح silāḥ |
السِّلَاح as-silāḥ |
سِلَاح silāḥ |
| Nominative | سِلَاحٌ silāḥun |
السِّلَاحُ as-silāḥu |
سِلَاحُ silāḥu |
| Accusative | سِلَاحًا silāḥan |
السِّلَاحَ as-silāḥa |
سِلَاحَ silāḥa |
| Genitive | سِلَاحٍ silāḥin |
السِّلَاحِ as-silāḥi |
سِلَاحِ silāḥi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | سِلَاحَيْن silāḥayn |
السِّلَاحَيْن as-silāḥayn |
سِلَاحَيْ silāḥay |
| Nominative | سِلَاحَانِ silāḥāni |
السِّلَاحَانِ as-silāḥāni |
سِلَاحَا silāḥā |
| Accusative | سِلَاحَيْنِ silāḥayni |
السِّلَاحَيْنِ as-silāḥayni |
سِلَاحَيْ silāḥay |
| Genitive | سِلَاحَيْنِ silāḥayni |
السِّلَاحَيْنِ as-silāḥayni |
سِلَاحَيْ silāḥay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَسْلِحَة ʔasliḥa |
الْأَسْلِحَة al-ʔasliḥa |
أَسْلِحَة ʔasliḥat |
| Nominative | أَسْلِحَةٌ ʔasliḥatun |
الْأَسْلِحَةُ al-ʔasliḥatu |
أَسْلِحَةُ ʔasliḥatu |
| Accusative | أَسْلِحَةً ʔasliḥatan |
الْأَسْلِحَةَ al-ʔasliḥata |
أَسْلِحَةَ ʔasliḥata |
| Genitive | أَسْلِحَةٍ ʔasliḥatin |
الْأَسْلِحَةِ al-ʔasliḥati |
أَسْلِحَةِ ʔasliḥati |
Descendants
- → Armenian: սիլահ (silah)
- → Azerbaijani: silah
- → Ottoman Turkish: سلاح (silah)
- → Persian: سلاح (selâh), سلیح (selêh) (archaic)
- → Urdu: سلاح (silā)
- → Swahili: silaha
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
- weapon, arms
- سفربرلك وار
عسكر اولانلر سلاح آلتنه
سفربرلكك برنجی گنی [...]در- seferberlik var
asker olanlar silah altına
seferberliğin birinci günü dır - There is mobilization!
Soldiers under the arms!
First day of mobilization is
- seferberlik var
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: silah
- Crimean Tatar: silâ
- → Albanian: silah
- → Aromanian: sileahe, sileafe, șileahe, cileahe
- → Bulgarian: силя́х (siljáh)
- → Greek: σιλάχι (siláchi)
- → Romanian: sileah, sileaf, seleaf
- → Serbo-Croatian:
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سلاح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2647
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سلاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1069
- Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “sileáhe”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 174
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سِلَاح (silāḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | silāh |
| Dari reading? | silāh |
| Iranian reading? | selâh |
| Tajik reading? | siloh |
Noun
سِلاح • (selâh) (plural سلاحها (selâh-hâ) or اسلحه (aslahe))
Descendants
- → Urdu: سلاح (silā)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سلاح (silāh), from Arabic سِلَاح (silāḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sɪ.lɑː/
Noun
سِلاح • (silāh) f (formal plural اسلحہ, Hindi spelling सिला)