سلباح

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • صِلِنْبَاح (ṣilinbāḥ)

Etymology

From Aramaic צְלוֹבְחָא (ṣəlōḇḥā), צְלְבְחָא (ṣəlḇəḥā). Compare Hebrew צְלוֹפָח (ṣlōfá̄ḥ, “eel”) from its variant צְלוֹפְחָא (ṣəlōp̄ḥā). Some leeway must be given for the underlying Aramaic vocalism since the attested forms are Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, never per se the source of Arabic. In Classical Syriac only lexicographers transmit ܙܠܒܪܝܐ (zəlaḇrəyā), which is possibly corrupt and rather *ܙܠܒܚܐ (zəlāḇḥā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sil.baːħ/

Noun

سِلْبَاح • (silbāḥ) m (collective, singulative سِلْبَاحَة f (silbāḥa), plural سَلَابِيح (salābīḥ))

  1. (rare, al-Andalus, Morocco) eel
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 187 (fol. 18r,15–16), page 374:
      الجِرِّيث السلباحة منه.
      Slime eel is eel in the same author [Kunnāš by Ibn Isḥāq].
    • a. 1200, Dietrich, Albert, editor, Dioscurides triumphans. Ein anonymer arabischer Kommentar (Ende 12. Jahrh. n. Chr.) zur Materia medica. 1. Teil: Arabischer Text (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse; Folge 3, Nr. 172), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1988, →ISBN, page 42 Buch II Nr. 25:
      سلوروس
      قال س: وهي الجِرّيِّ، وهو حوت طويل له خرطوم ساطٍ أملس بلا أسفاط يكون في نيل مصر، ويقول العامّة إنّه السلباح وذلك خطأ، والشيعة لا تأكل الجرّيّ وكذلك اليهود، وهو سماريس.
      σίλουρος
      S says: It is the slime-eel, and it is a long fish with an elongate snout, smooth without scales, living in Egypt’s Nile. People say it to be the eel, but this is false. Shiites eat the slime-eel not, neither do the Jews. It is also the picarel (σμαρίς).

Declension

Declension of noun سِلْبَاح (silbāḥ)
collective basic collective triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سِلْبَاح
silbāḥ 		السِّلْبَاح
as-silbāḥ 		سِلْبَاح
silbāḥ
nominative سِلْبَاحٌ
silbāḥun 		السِّلْبَاحُ
as-silbāḥu 		سِلْبَاحُ
silbāḥu
accusative سِلْبَاحًا
silbāḥan 		السِّلْبَاحَ
as-silbāḥa 		سِلْبَاحَ
silbāḥa
genitive سِلْبَاحٍ
silbāḥin 		السِّلْبَاحِ
as-silbāḥi 		سِلْبَاحِ
silbāḥi
singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal سِلْبَاحَة
silbāḥa 		السِّلْبَاحَة
as-silbāḥa 		سِلْبَاحَة
silbāḥat
nominative سِلْبَاحَةٌ
silbāḥatun 		السِّلْبَاحَةُ
as-silbāḥatu 		سِلْبَاحَةُ
silbāḥatu
accusative سِلْبَاحَةً
silbāḥatan 		السِّلْبَاحَةَ
as-silbāḥata 		سِلْبَاحَةَ
silbāḥata
genitive سِلْبَاحَةٍ
silbāḥatin 		السِّلْبَاحَةِ
as-silbāḥati 		سِلْبَاحَةِ
silbāḥati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal سِلْبَاحَتَيْن
silbāḥatayn 		السِّلْبَاحَتَيْن
as-silbāḥatayn 		سِلْبَاحَتَيْ
silbāḥatay
nominative سِلْبَاحَتَانِ
silbāḥatāni 		السِّلْبَاحَتَانِ
as-silbāḥatāni 		سِلْبَاحَتَا
silbāḥatā
accusative سِلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
silbāḥatayni 		السِّلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
as-silbāḥatayni 		سِلْبَاحَتَيْ
silbāḥatay
genitive سِلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
silbāḥatayni 		السِّلْبَاحَتَيْنِ
as-silbāḥatayni 		سِلْبَاحَتَيْ
silbāḥatay
paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
indefinite definite construct
informal سِلْبَاحَات
silbāḥāt 		السِّلْبَاحَات
as-silbāḥāt 		سِلْبَاحَات
silbāḥāt
nominative سِلْبَاحَاتٌ
silbāḥātun 		السِّلْبَاحَاتُ
as-silbāḥātu 		سِلْبَاحَاتُ
silbāḥātu
accusative سِلْبَاحَاتٍ
silbāḥātin 		السِّلْبَاحَاتِ
as-silbāḥāti 		سِلْبَاحَاتِ
silbāḥāti
genitive سِلْبَاحَاتٍ
silbāḥātin 		السِّلْبَاحَاتِ
as-silbāḥāti 		سِلْبَاحَاتِ
silbāḥāti
plural of variety basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَلَابِيح
salābīḥ 		السَّلَابِيح
as-salābīḥ 		سَلَابِيح
salābīḥ
nominative سَلَابِيحُ
salābīḥu 		السَّلَابِيحُ
as-salābīḥu 		سَلَابِيحُ
salābīḥu
accusative سَلَابِيحَ
salābīḥa 		السَّلَابِيحَ
as-salābīḥa 		سَلَابِيحَ
salābīḥa
genitive سَلَابِيحَ
salābīḥa 		السَّلَابِيحِ
as-salābīḥi 		سَلَابِيحِ
salābīḥi

References

  • “zlbryˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ṣlwbḥˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 197b
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