ܫܘܠܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܛ‎ (š-l-ṭ) related to dominating. Compare Arabic سُلْطَان‎ (sulṭān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃultˤɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃultˤɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܠܛܢܐ • (šūlṭānāʾ) m (plural ܫܘܠܛܢܐ)

  1. power, might
  2. domination, victory
  3. sway, mastery, control
  4. free will
  5. yielding
  6. permission
  7. function, duty, charge
  8. authority, rule, government, office
  9. sovereignty, imperium, jurisdiction, capacity
  10. dominion, territory, district, province, diocese
  11. sultan, prince
  12. chief, ruler, commander, governor, magistrate
  13. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency

Inflection
    declension of ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܫܘܠܛܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܢ
construct ܫܘܠܛܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝ
emphatic ܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܫܘܠܛܢܝ ܫܘܠܛܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܫܘܠܛܢܟ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܫܘܠܛܢܟܝ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܫܘܠܛܢܗ ܫܘܠܛܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܫܘܠܛܢܗ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܫܘܠܛܢܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܫܘܠܛܢܟܘܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܫܘܠܛܢܟܝܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܫܘܠܛܢܗܘܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܫܘܠܛܢܗܝܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “šwlṭn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 370a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 565b
  • 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. 1528a-b
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