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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܠܘܪ	ܣܠܘܪܝܢ
construct	ܣܠܘܪ	ܣܠܘܪܝ
emphatic	ܣܠܘܪܐ	ܣܠܘܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܠܘܪܝ	ܣܠܘܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܠܘܪܟ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܠܘܪܟܝ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܠܘܪܗ	ܣܠܘܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܠܘܪܗ	ܣܠܘܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܠܘܪܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܠܘܪܟܘܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܠܘܪܟܝܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܠܘܪܗܘܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܠܘܪܗܝܢ	ܣܠܘܪܝܗܝܢ

    inflection of ܣܠܘܪܐ

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