سحلية

Arabic

Etymology

Root consonants س ح ل (s-ḥ-l), but that forms meanings related to “scraping off”. Left unmentioned by Classical Arabic dictionaries. Only used in the Mashreq, as opposed to Berber-borrowed زَلْمُومِيَّة (zalmūmiyya), زَرْمُومِيَّة (zarmūmiyya) ruling the Maghreb, in addition to Levantine حِرْذَوْن (ḥirḏawn). Apparently traditional Arabic lizard names are just ضَبّ (ḍabb) and عَظَاءَة (ʕaẓāʔa), while سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya) is another Aramaic term terminating in -īṯā, see حِسْل (ḥisl, “young of a spiny-tailed lizard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siħ.lij.ja/

Noun

سِحْلِيَّة • (siḥliyya) f (plural سَحَالٍ (saḥālin))

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of noun سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِحْلِيَّة siḥliyya	السِّحْلِيَّة as-siḥliyya	سِحْلِيَّة siḥliyyat
Nominative	سِحْلِيَّةٌ siḥliyyatun	السِّحْلِيَّةُ as-siḥliyyatu	سِحْلِيَّةُ siḥliyyatu
Accusative	سِحْلِيَّةً siḥliyyatan	السِّحْلِيَّةَ as-siḥliyyata	سِحْلِيَّةَ siḥliyyata
Genitive	سِحْلِيَّةٍ siḥliyyatin	السِّحْلِيَّةِ as-siḥliyyati	سِحْلِيَّةِ siḥliyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِحْلِيَّتَيْن siḥliyyatayn	السِّحْلِيَّتَيْن as-siḥliyyatayn	سِحْلِيَّتَيْ siḥliyyatay
Nominative	سِحْلِيَّتَانِ siḥliyyatāni	السِّحْلِيَّتَانِ as-siḥliyyatāni	سِحْلِيَّتَا siḥliyyatā
Accusative	سِحْلِيَّتَيْنِ siḥliyyatayni	السِّحْلِيَّتَيْنِ as-siḥliyyatayni	سِحْلِيَّتَيْ siḥliyyatay
Genitive	سِحْلِيَّتَيْنِ siḥliyyatayni	السِّحْلِيَّتَيْنِ as-siḥliyyatayni	سِحْلِيَّتَيْ siḥliyyatay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَحَالِي saḥālī	السَّحَالِي as-saḥālī	سَحَالِي saḥālī
Nominative	سَحَالٍ saḥālin	السَّحَالِي as-saḥālī	سَحَالِي saḥālī
Accusative	سَحَالِيَ saḥāliya	السَّحَالِيَ as-saḥāliya	سَحَالِيَ saḥāliya
Genitive	سَحَالٍ saḥālin	السَّحَالِي as-saḥālī	سَحَالِي saḥālī

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 361–363
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saħ.lij.ja/

Noun

سحلية • (saḥliyya) f (plural سحالي (saḥāli))

1. lizard

See also

• وزغة (wazaḡa, “gecko”)
• حرباية (ḥirbāya, “chameleon”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya).

Noun

سحلية • (saḥliyye) f (plural سحالي (saḥāli))

1. lizard