سلحفاة

Arabic

سُلَحْفَاة

Etymology

Derived from Aramaic סלופּי‎ (salūpā, “tortoise, land-turtle”), from Akkadian 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (šeleppû, “turtle, snake; a shell, egg, canister”). Also found as Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה‎ (šalḥūp̄ā, “tortoise”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.laħ.faːh/

Noun

سُلَحْفَاة • (sulaḥfāh) f (plural سَلَاحِف‎ (salāḥif))

turtle
ellipsis of سُلَحْفَاة بَرِّيَّة‎ (sulaḥfā(t) barriyya, “tortoise”)

Declension

Declension of noun سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُلَحْفَاة sulaḥfāt	السُّلَحْفَاة‎ as-sulaḥfāt	سُلَحْفَاة sulaḥfāt
Nominative	سُلَحْفَاةٌ sulaḥfātun	السُّلَحْفَاةُ‎ as-sulaḥfātu	سُلَحْفَاةُ sulaḥfātu
Accusative	سُلَحْفَاةً sulaḥfātan	السُّلَحْفَاةَ‎ as-sulaḥfāta	سُلَحْفَاةَ sulaḥfāta
Genitive	سُلَحْفَاةٍ sulaḥfātin	السُّلَحْفَاةِ‎ as-sulaḥfāti	سُلَحْفَاةِ sulaḥfāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُلَحْفَاتَيْن‎ sulaḥfātayn	السُّلَحْفَاتَيْن‎ as-sulaḥfātayn	سُلَحْفَاتَيْ‎ sulaḥfātay
Nominative	سُلَحْفَاتَانِ‎ sulaḥfātāni	السُّلَحْفَاتَانِ‎ as-sulaḥfātāni	سُلَحْفَاتَا‎ sulaḥfātā
Accusative	سُلَحْفَاتَيْنِ‎ sulaḥfātayni	السُّلَحْفَاتَيْنِ‎ as-sulaḥfātayni	سُلَحْفَاتَيْ‎ sulaḥfātay
Genitive	سُلَحْفَاتَيْنِ‎ sulaḥfātayni	السُّلَحْفَاتَيْنِ‎ as-sulaḥfātayni	سُلَحْفَاتَيْ‎ sulaḥfātay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلَاحِف‎ salāḥif	السَّلَاحِف‎ as-salāḥif	سَلَاحِف‎ salāḥif
Nominative	سَلَاحِفُ‎ salāḥifu	السَّلَاحِفُ‎ as-salāḥifu	سَلَاحِفُ‎ salāḥifu
Accusative	سَلَاحِفَ‎ salāḥifa	السَّلَاحِفَ‎ as-salāḥifa	سَلَاحِفَ‎ salāḥifa
Genitive	سَلَاحِفَ‎ salāḥifa	السَّلَاحِفِ‎ as-salāḥifi	سَلَاحِفِ‎ salāḥifi

References

سلحفاة‎ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سلحفاة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 586

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