ܣܠܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܣܝܠܘܪܐ (sīlūrā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίλουρος (sílouros), possibly via Latin silūrus. Possibly a doublet of ܙܠܒܪܝܐ (zəlaḇrəyā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [salˈlu.rɑ], [s(ə.)ˈlo.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [salˈlu.rɑ], [ˈslo.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [sɑˈlu.ro], [ˈslu.ro]

Noun

ܣܠܘܪܐ • (sallūrā, səlōrā) m (plural ܣܠܘܪܐ (sallūrē, səlōrē))

1. kind of river fish; catfish; shad

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܠܘܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܠܘܪ		1st person	ܣܠܘܪܝ		ܣܠܘܪܢ
	construct	ܣܠܘܪ		2nd person	ܣܠܘܪܟ	ܣܠܘܪܟܝ	ܣܠܘܪܟܘܢ	ܣܠܘܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܠܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܠܘܪܗ	ܣܠܘܪܗ	ܣܠܘܪܗܘܢ	ܣܠܘܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܠܘܪܝܢ		1st person	ܣܠܘܪܝ		ܣܠܘܪܝܢ
	construct	ܣܠܘܪܝ		2nd person	ܣܠܘܪܝܟ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟܝ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟܘܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܠܘܪܐ		3rd person	ܣܠܘܪܘܗܝ	ܣܠܘܪܝܗ	ܣܠܘܪܝܗܘܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: سِلَّوْر (sillawr), سَلُّور (sallūr)

See also

• ܙܠܒܪܝܐ (zəlaḇrəyā)

References

• “slwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-11
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 378b
• 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 1012b