ܙܠܒܪܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Often drawn to ܣܠܘܪܐ (sallūrā, səlōrā, “catfish”), but since the present headword is transmitted only be dictionary-makers, Löw suggested a corruption of *ܙܠܒܚܐ (zəlāḇḥā), corresponding to reliable Jewish Babylonian Aramaic צְלוֹבְחָא (ṣəlōḇḥā), צְלוֹפְחָא (ṣəlōp̄ḥā), צְלְבְחָא (ṣəlḇəḥā, “eel”), and Aramaicisms Hebrew צְלוֹפָח (ṣlōfá̄ḥ, “eel”), Arabic سِلْبَاح (silbāḥ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [z(ə.)ˈlav.r(ə.)jɑ]
(Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [zlaˈwər.jɑ]
(Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈzlɑw.rjo]

Noun

ܙܠܒܪܝܐ • (zəlaḇrəyā) m (plural ܙܠܒܪܝܐ (zəlaḇrəyē))

eel

Inflection

Inflection of **ܙܠܒܪܝܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܙܠܒܪܝ	1^st person	ܙܠܒܪܝܝ		ܙܠܒܪܝܢ
	construct	ܙܠܒܪܝ	2^nd person	ܙܠܒܪܝܟ	ܙܠܒܪܝܟܝ	ܙܠܒܪܝܟܘܢ	ܙܠܒܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܠܒܪܝܐ	3^rd person	ܙܠܒܪܝܗ	ܙܠܒܪܝܗ	ܙܠܒܪܝܗܘܢ	ܙܠܒܪܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܢ	1^st person	ܙܠܒܪܝܝ		ܙܠܒܪܝܝܢ
	construct	ܙܠܒܪܝܝ	2^nd person	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܟ	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܟܝ	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܟܘܢ	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܙܠܒܪܝܐ	3^rd person	ܙܠܒܪܝܘܗܝ	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܗ	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܗܘܢ	ܙܠܒܪܝܝܗܝܢ

References

“zlbryˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 11 May 2019
Brockelmann, Carl (1928), Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 197b
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 122
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, →ISBN, page 381a
Löw, Immanuel (1881), Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 97