ܨܠܝܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܨ ܠ ܒ‎ (ṣ l b)
2 terms
ܨܠܝܒ݂ܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic צְלִיבָא‎ (ṣəlīḇā), from Akkadian 𒁇 (/ṣalāpu/, “to cross out”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sˤliːwɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [sˤliːvɑː]

Noun

ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ • (ṣlīḇā) m, plural ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ṣlīḇē)

  1. crucifix, cross
    Synonym: ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ‎ (zqīpā)

Inflection

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 Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic צְלִיבָא‎ (ṣəlībā), Persian چلیپا‎ (čalipâ, “cross”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܨܠܝܒܐ • (ṣəlīḇā) m (plural ܨܠܝܒܐ)

  1. crucifix, cross
    Synonyms: ܙܩܝܦܐ‎, ܩܝܣܐ‎
  2. (Christianity) sign of the cross
  3. crucifixion
    Synonym: ܙܩܝܦܐ‎

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Malayalam: സ്ലീവ (slīva)
  • → Arabic: صليب‎ (ṣalīb)
    • → Ge'ez: ሰሊብ (sälib)
    • → Indonesian: salib
    • → Malay: salib
    • Maltese: salib

References

  • “ṣlyb”, 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 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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