ܫܠܝܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)liħɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)liħe] (plural)

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ ܠ ܚ, related to sending. Compare Arabic سَلِيح (salīḥ) and Hebrew שָׁלִיחַ (šālîaḥ).

Noun

ܫܠܝܚܐ • (šlīḥā) m (plural ܫܠܝܚܐ)

1. messenger, emissary
2. (religion) missionary, apostle

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܠܝܚܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܠܝܚ		1st person	ܫܠܝܚܝ		ܫܠܝܚܢ
	construct	ܫܠܝܚ		2nd person	ܫܠܝܚܟ	ܫܠܝܚܟܝ	ܫܠܝܚܟܘܢ	ܫܠܝܚܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܠܝܚܐ		3rd person	ܫܠܝܚܗ	ܫܠܝܚܗ	ܫܠܝܚܗܘܢ	ܫܠܝܚܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܠܝܚܝܢ		1st person	ܫܠܝܚܝ		ܫܠܝܚܝܢ
	construct	ܫܠܝܚܝ		2nd person	ܫܠܝܚܝܟ	ܫܠܝܚܝܟܝ	ܫܠܝܚܝܟܘܢ	ܫܠܝܚܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܠܝܚܐ		3rd person	ܫܠܝܚܘܗܝ	ܫܠܝܚܝܗ	ܫܠܝܚܝܗܘܢ	ܫܠܝܚܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܫܠܝܚܘܬܐ

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ശ്ലീഹ (ślīha), ശ്ലീഹാ (ślīhā)

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ ܠ ܚ related to sending. Compare Hebrew שָׁלוּחַ (šālûaḥ).

Adjective

ܫܠܝܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܠܝܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܠܝܚܬܐ)

1. sent

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܠܝܚܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܫܠܝܚ	ܫܠܝܚܐ	ܫܠܝܚܝܢ	ܫܠܝܚܢ
construct	ܫܠܝܚ	ܫܠܝܚܬ	ܫܠܝܚܝ	ܫܠܝܚܬ
emphatic	ܫܠܝܚܐ	ܫܠܝܚܬܐ	ܫܠܝܚܐ	ܫܠܝܚܬܐ

Etymology 3

From the root ܫ ܠ ܚ related to stripping.

Adjective

ܫܠܝܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܠܝܚܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܠܝܚܬܐ)

1. nude, naked, bare

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܠܝܚܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܫܠܝܚ	ܫܠܝܚܐ	ܫܠܝܚܝܢ	ܫܠܝܚܢ
construct	ܫܠܝܚ	ܫܠܝܚܬ	ܫܠܝܚܝ	ܫܠܝܚܬ
emphatic	ܫܠܝܚܐ	ܫܠܝܚܬܐ	ܫܠܝܚܐ	ܫܠܝܚܬܐ

Derived terms

• ܫܠܝܚܘܬܐ

References

• “šlyḥ”, 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, page 369b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 580a–b
• 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 1564b