ܫܠܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܐ (š-l-ʾ) related to drawing out. Compare Hebrew שִׁלְיָה (šilyâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)liθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɛljɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ʃaljɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܠܝܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) placenta, afterbirth; caul
2. membrane, thin skin

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܠܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܠܝ		1st person	ܫܠܝܬܝ		ܫܠܝܬܢ
	construct	ܫܠܝܬ		2nd person	ܫܠܝܬܟ	ܫܠܝܬܟܝ	ܫܠܝܬܟܘܢ	ܫܠܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܠܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܠܝܬܗ	ܫܠܝܬܗ	ܫܠܝܬܗܘܢ	ܫܠܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܠܝܢ		1st person	ܫܠܝܬܝ		ܫܠܝܬܢ
	construct	ܫܠܝܬ		2nd person	ܫܠܝܬܟ	ܫܠܝܬܟܝ	ܫܠܝܬܟܘܢ	ܫܠܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܠܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܠܝܬܗ	ܫܠܝܬܗ	ܫܠܝܬܗܘܢ	ܫܠܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “šlyyh”, 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. 369a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 580b
• 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. 1565b