שלמא

שלמא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܫܠܳܡܳܐ‎ (šlāmā) (Syriac)

Etymology

Common Northwest Semitic, Hebrew שָׁלוֹם‎ (šālōm), Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌‎ (šlm /šalōm/), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /šalāmu/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɑ.mɑ/, [ʃ(ə)lɑmɑ]

Interjection

שְׁלָמָא • (transliteration needed)

1. A greeting; similar to hello.

Noun

שְׁלָמָא • (šlāmā) m (uncountable)

1. peace
2. perfection
3. wholeness
4. health
5. welfare, safety

Inflection

    declension of שלמא

	singular	plural
absolute	שְׁלָם‎	שְׁלָמִין‎
construct	שְׁלָם‎	שְׁלָמֵי‎
emphatic	שְׁלָמָא‎	שְׁלָמַיָּא‎

Antonyms

• קרבא‎

References

• “šlm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press