ܫܝܫܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • ܫܫܠܬܐ‎

Etymology

Common Semitic; compare Akkadian 𒉠𒂡𒂡 (/šeršerratu/), Arabic سِلْسِلَة‎ (silsila(t)), Hebrew שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת‎ (šaršéreṯ), and Amharic ሰንሰለት (sänsälät). Also compare Old Armenian շղթայ (šłtʿay).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃe(j)ʃaltɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃe(j)ʃle(ʔ)], [ʃe(j)ʃlɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܝܫܠܬܐ • (šēšaltāʼ) f (plural ܫܝܫܠܬܐ or ܫܝܫܠܐ‎)

  1. chain, bond, fetter
  2. line, series, sequence
  3. offspring
  4. crowd, throng, troop
  5. (grammar, orthography) vowel diacritic

Inflection
    declension of ܫܝܫܠܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܫܝܫܠܐ ܫܝܫܠܢ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܢ
construct ܫܝܫܠܬ ܫܝܫܠܬ ,ܫܝܫܠܝ
emphatic ܫܝܫܠܬܐ ܫܝܫܠܬܐ ,ܫܝܫܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܫܝܫܠܬܝ ܫܝܫܠܬܝ ,ܫܝܫܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܫܝܫܠܬܟ ܫܝܫܠܬܟ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܫܝܫܠܬܟܝ ܫܝܫܠܬܟܝ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܫܝܫܠܬܗ ܫܝܫܠܬܗ ,ܫܝܫܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܫܝܫܠܬܗ ܫܝܫܠܬܗ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܫܝܫܠܬܢ ܫܝܫܠܬܢ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܫܝܫܠܬܟܘܢ ܫܝܫܠܬܟܘܢ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܫܝܫܠܬܟܝܢ ܫܝܫܠܬܟܝܢ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܫܝܫܠܬܗܘܢ ܫܝܫܠܬܗܘܢ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܫܝܫܠܬܗܝܢ ܫܝܫܠܬܗܝܢ ,ܫܝܫܠܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “šyšlh”, 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, p. 384b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 575b
  • 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. 1555a
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