Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)lɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Interjection

ܫܠܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. A greeting; equivalent to hello.

Noun

ܫܠܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܠܡܐ)

1. peace, wholeness, perfection, completeness
2. health, welfare, safety, prosperity
3. greeting, salutation, salute
4. (Christianity) pax, kiss of peace
5. (ecclesiastical) invocation of peace, pax vobiscum

Inflection

See also

• ܫܝܢܐ
• ܚܘܠܡܢܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܠ-ܡ ‎(š-l-m) related to completing; compare Hebrew שָׁלֵם ‎(šālēm). The sense of "strong plural" is a calque of Arabic سَالِم ‎(sālim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃalmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃalme(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܫܠܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܠܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܠܡܬܐ)

1. peaceful, harmonious
2. whole, perfect, unblemished, complete, entire, full, achieved
3. healthy, well, safe, sound, prosperous
4. common, accessible

Inflection

Noun

ܫܠܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܠܡܐ)

1. (grammar) strong plural (as opposed to a broken plural)
2. holocaust, sacrifice, burnt offering

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑlmɑ(ʔ)] (singular senses)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑlme(ʔ)] (plural sense)

Participle

ܫܠܡܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. peal feminine absolute singular active participle of ܫܠܡ
2. peal masculine emphatic singular active participle of ܫܠܡ
3. peal masculine emphatic plural active participle of ܫܠܡ

References

• “$lm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 370b, 371a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 582a
• 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, pp. 1567b-1568a