شلفة

See also: سلفة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܷܠܦܴܐ (šelpā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃil.fa/

Noun

شِلْفَة or شَلْفَة • (šilfa or šalfa) m (plural شِلَف (šilaf))

(Iraq) blade of a knife or spear
Synonym: شَفْرَة (šafra)

Declension

Declension of noun **شِلْفَة** (šilfa)‎; **شَلْفَة** (šalfa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شِلْفَة‎; شَلْفَة šilfa‎; šalfa	الشِّلْفَة‎; الشَّلْفَة aš-šilfa‎; aš-šalfa	شِلْفَة‎; شَلْفَة šilfat‎; šalfat
nominative	شِلْفَةٌ‎; شَلْفَةٌ šilfatun‎; šalfatun	الشِّلْفَةُ‎; الشَّلْفَةُ aš-šilfatu‎; aš-šalfatu	شِلْفَةُ‎; شَلْفَةُ šilfatu‎; šalfatu
accusative	شِلْفَةً‎; شَلْفَةً šilfatan‎; šalfatan	الشِّلْفَةَ‎; الشَّلْفَةَ aš-šilfata‎; aš-šalfata	شِلْفَةَ‎; شَلْفَةَ šilfata‎; šalfata
genitive	شِلْفَةٍ‎; شَلْفَةٍ šilfatin‎; šalfatin	الشِّلْفَةِ‎; الشَّلْفَةِ aš-šilfati‎; aš-šalfati	شِلْفَةِ‎; شَلْفَةِ šilfati‎; šalfati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شِلْفَتَيْن‎; شَلْفَتَيْن šilfatayn‎; šalfatayn	الشِّلْفَتَيْن‎; الشَّلْفَتَيْن aš-šilfatayn‎; aš-šalfatayn	شِلْفَتَيْ‎; شَلْفَتَيْ šilfatay‎; šalfatay
nominative	شِلْفَتَانِ‎; شَلْفَتَانِ šilfatāni‎; šalfatāni	الشِّلْفَتَانِ‎; الشَّلْفَتَانِ aš-šilfatāni‎; aš-šalfatāni	شِلْفَتَا‎; شَلْفَتَا šilfatā‎; šalfatā
accusative	شِلْفَتَيْنِ‎; شَلْفَتَيْنِ šilfatayni‎; šalfatayni	الشِّلْفَتَيْنِ‎; الشَّلْفَتَيْنِ aš-šilfatayni‎; aš-šalfatayni	شِلْفَتَيْ‎; شَلْفَتَيْ šilfatay‎; šalfatay
genitive	شِلْفَتَيْنِ‎; شَلْفَتَيْنِ šilfatayni‎; šalfatayni	الشِّلْفَتَيْنِ‎; الشَّلْفَتَيْنِ aš-šilfatayni‎; aš-šalfatayni	شِلْفَتَيْ‎; شَلْفَتَيْ šilfatay‎; šalfatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شِلَف šilaf	الشِّلَف aš-šilaf	شِلَف šilaf
nominative	شِلَفٌ šilafun	الشِّلَفُ aš-šilafu	شِلَفُ šilafu
accusative	شِلَفًا šilafan	الشِّلَفَ aš-šilafa	شِلَفَ šilafa
genitive	شِلَفٍ šilafin	الشِّلَفِ aš-šilafi	شِلَفِ šilafi

References

“šlyp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 41
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “شلفة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 782
Hess, Johann Jakob (1902), “Bemerkungen zu Doughty's Travels in Arabia Deserta”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[2] (in German), volume 16, page 60
Landberg, Carlo, editor (1942), Glossaire daṯînois‎^[3] (in French), Leiden: Brill, pages 2077–2078
Wehr, Hans (1979), “شلفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 566a