ܫܠܓܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Persian [script needed] (SLKʾ /⁠šalgam⁠/), ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικόν (sikelikón, literally “the Sicilian one”). Doublet of ܣܠܩܐ (silqā, selqā); compare Persian شلغم (šalğam), Old Armenian շաղգամ (šałgam), Arabic شَلْجَم (šaljam), and Arabic سِلْق (silq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃalɡ(ə)mɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃalɡ(ə)me] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܓܡܐ • (šalgəmā) m (plural ܫܠܓܡܐ (šalgəmē))

1. turnip

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܠܓܡܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܠܓܡ		1st person	ܫܠܓܡܝ		ܫܠܓܡܢ
	construct	ܫܠܓܡ		2nd person	ܫܠܓܡܟ	ܫܠܓܡܟܝ	ܫܠܓܡܟܘܢ	ܫܠܓܡܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܠܓܡܐ		3rd person	ܫܠܓܡܗ	ܫܠܓܡܗ	ܫܠܓܡܗܘܢ	ܫܠܓܡܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܠܓܡܝܢ		1st person	ܫܠܓܡܝ		ܫܠܓܡܝܢ
	construct	ܫܠܓܡܝ		2nd person	ܫܠܓܡܝܟ	ܫܠܓܡܝܟܝ	ܫܠܓܡܝܟܘܢ	ܫܠܓܡܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܠܓܡܐ		3rd person	ܫܠܓܡܘܗܝ	ܫܠܓܡܝܗ	ܫܠܓܡܝܗܘܢ	ܫܠܓܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šlgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 264
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 241–242 Nr. 177
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 578a
• 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 1560b