ܨܠܝܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Forming a root ܨ-ܠ-ܒ‎ (ṣ-l-b) related to crucifying, impaling, from Akkadian 𒁇 (/ṣalāpu/, “to cross out, to pervert; to give difficulty or be crooked, not be easy or straight”). As nouns also Arabic صَلِيب‎ (ṣalīb) and Hebrew צְלָב‎ (ṣəlāḇ), Ge'ez ጸልቦ (ṣälbo), ሰሊብ (sälib), Jewish Aramaic צְלִיבָא‎ (ṣəlībā), Persian چلیپا‎ (čalipâ, “cross”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sˁ(ə)livɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˁ(ə)live(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܨܠܝܒܐ • (ṣəlīḇā) m (plural ܨܠܝܒܐ)

  1. crucifix, cross
  2. (Christianity) sign of the cross
  3. crucifixion

Inflection
    declension of ܨܠܝܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܨܠܝܒ ܨܠܝܒܝܢ
construct ܨܠܝܒ ܨܠܝܒܝ
emphatic ܨܠܝܒܐ ܨܠܝܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܨܠܝܒܝ ܨܠܝܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܨܠܝܒܟ ܨܠܝܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܨܠܝܒܟܝ ܨܠܝܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܨܠܝܒܗ ܨܠܝܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܨܠܝܒܗ ܨܠܝܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܨܠܝܒܢ ܨܠܝܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܨܠܝܒܟܘܢ ܨܠܝܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܨܠܝܒܟܝܢ ܨܠܝܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܨܠܝܒܗܘܢ ܨܠܝܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܨܠܝܒܗܝܢ ܨܠܝܒܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “ṣlyb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 302a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 479b
  • 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 1288b
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