ܫܠܚ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܫ ܠ ܚ (š l ḥ)
3 terms

Compare Hebrew שָׁלַח (shalách) and Arabic سَلَخَ (salaḵa). The sense of “to uproot” is a borrowing from Akkadian šalāḫum.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːlexː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃaːlex]

Verb

ܫܵܠܸܚ • (šāliḥ) (present participle ܫܠܵܚܵܐ (šlāḥā), past participle ܫܠܝܼܚܵܐ (šlīḥā))

1. (transitive) to send, dispatch

   Synonym: ܡܫܲܕܸܪ (mšaddir)

2. (intransitive, transitive) to strip; take off, remove (anything worn on the body)

   Antonyms: ܠܵܒ݂ܹܫ (lāḇēš), ܣܵܐܹܡ (sāˀēm)

3. (transitive) to uproot

   Synonyms: ܥܵܩܹܪ (ˁāqēr), ܢܵܟ̰ܹܠ (nāčēl)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܫܵܠܹܚ (šālēḥ)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܝܼ (šlīḥ lī)	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (šlīḥ lūḵ)	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܹܗ (šlīḥ lēh)	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܲܢ (šlīḥ lan)	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šlīḥ lāwḵōn)	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܗܘܿܢ (šlīḥ lhōn)
	f		ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šlīḥ lāḵ)	ܫܠܝܼܚ ܠܵܗ̇ (šlīḥ lāh)
non-past	m	ܫܵܠܚܹܢ (šālḥēn)	ܫܵܠܚܹܬ (šālḥēt)	ܫܵܠܹܚ (šālēḥ)	ܫܵܠܚܲܚ (šālḥaḥ)	ܫܵܠܚܝܼܬܘܿܢ (šālḥītōn)	ܫܵܠܚܝܼ (šālḥī)
	f	ܫܵܠܚܵܢ (šālḥān)	ܫܵܠܚܵܬܝ (šālḥāt)	ܫܵܠܚܵܐ (šālḥā)
imperative	m		ܫܠܘܿܚ (šlōḥ)			ܫܠܘܿܚܘܼܢ (šlōḥūn)
	f		ܫܠܘܿܚܝ (šlōḥ)

Derived terms

• ܡܫܲܠܸܚ (mšalliḥ)
• ܓ̰ܵܠܹܚ (jālēḥ, “to bark tree or skin”)
• ܟ̰ܵܠܹܚ (čālēḥ, “to flay, tear apart”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܚ (š-l-ḥ) related to sending. Compare Hebrew שָׁלַח (šālaḥ) and Arabic سَلْخ (salḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)laħ]

Verb

ܫܠܚ • (transliteration needed)

1. to dispatch
2. to strip