ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Akkadian 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (šeleppûm), from Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw (“turtle”); compare Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh) and Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה (shalkhufá).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [sal.loːpiːθɑ]
Noun
ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (salōpīṯā) f sg (plural ܣܲܠܘܿܦ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (salōpyāṯē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼ (salōpī) | 1st person | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ (salōpīṯī) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ (salōpīṯan) | |||
| construct | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ (salōpīṯ) | 2nd person | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (salōpīṯōḵ) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (salōpīṯāḵ) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (salōpīṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (salōpīṯā) | 3rd person | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ (salōpīṯēh) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (salōpīṯāh) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (salōpīṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܢ̈ (salōpyān) | 1st person | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (salōpyāṯī) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (salōpyāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂̈ (salōpyāṯ) | 2nd person | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (salōpyāṯōḵ) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (salōpyāṯāḵ) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (salōpyāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܲܠܘܿܦ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (salōpyāṯā) | 3rd person | ܣܲܠܘܿܦ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܹܗ (salōpyāṯēh) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (salōpyāṯāh) | ܣܲܠܘܿܦܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (salōpyāṯhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (šeleppûm). Compare Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sallofiθɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sallofjɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ • (sallōp̄īṯā) f (plural ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ)
- (dialectal) tortoise
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܠܘܦܝ | 1st person | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܝ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܠܘܦܝܬ | 2nd person | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟܝ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟܘܢ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗܘܢ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܠܘܦܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܝ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܠܘܦܝܬ | 2nd person | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟܝ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟܘܢ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗܘܢ | ܣܠܘܦܝܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “slwpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- 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, →ISBN, page 1012b