ܫܢܬܐ

From Aramaic שַׁנְתָּא‎ (šantā), from Proto-Semitic *šanat-; compare Arabic سَنَة‎ (sana) and Hebrew שָׁנָה‎ (shaná).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃiːtɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːtɑː]

ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (šētā) f (plural ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (šinnē))

1. year (time period representing one revolution of the Earth around the Sun)

   ‏ܝܘܼܪܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܬܪܸܥܣܲܪ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ‎

   yurḵā d-šētā ìlāh triʿsar yarḥē

   The length of a year is twelve months.

   ‏ܒܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܕܵܝܪܲܚ ܠܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܬܝܵܐ.‎‎

   bḥaylā d-ʾallāhā bit dāyraḥ l-ʾatrā b-šētā d-ʾātyā.

   God willing we will return to Assyria next year.

   ‏ܒܢܲܝ̈ ܚܵܠܝܼ ܫܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.‎‎

   bnay ḥālī šunē lhon baytā b-šētā d-ʿḇīrāh.

   My cousins moved house last year.

2. (astronomy) year (corresponding time period for a different planet)

   ‏ܥܲܠ ܢܸܪܓܲܠ، ܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܸܫܬܲܡܵܐܐ ܘܬܡܵܢܝܼ ܘܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ.‎‎

   ʿal nirgal, mitḥā d-šētā ìlēh ištammāʾā w-tmānī w-šaḇʿā yāwmānē.

   On Mars, the duration of a year is six hundred and eighty-seven days.

Compare Arabic سِنَة‎ (sina), Hebrew שֵׁנָה‎ (sheiná).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɪn.tɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃɪn.θɑː]

ܫܸܢܬܵܐ • (šintā) f

1. sleep

   ‏ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܝܼ‎‎

   īlāh šinṯī

   I’m sleepy

   (literally, “It’s my sleep.”)

   ‏ܠܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܗ̇‎‎

   lā ìlāh šinṯāh

   She’s not sleepy.

   (literally, “It’s not her sleep.”)

Compare Arabic أُشْنَة‎ (ʔušna).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃan.tɑ]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃan.θɑ]

ܫܲܢܬܵܐ • (šantā) f

1. moss, lichen

• “ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (please provide a date or year)
• “ܫܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (please provide a date or year)
• “ܫܸܢܬܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (please provide a date or year)

From Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): /ʃantɑ/, [ˈʃat.tɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃat.tɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɑ.to]

ܫܢܬܐ • (ša[n]tā) f (plural ܫܢܝܐ‎ (šənayyā))

1. year
2. age, era

Compare Arabic أُشْنَة‎ (ʔušna).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʃa(.)n(ə).θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃan.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɑn.θo]

ܫܢܬܐ • (šanəṯā) f (uncountable)

1. moss, lichen

From the root ܝ-ܫ-ܢ‎ (y-š-n); compare Arabic سِنَة‎ (sina), Hebrew שֵׁנָה‎ (šēnā).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛ(.)n(ə).θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪn.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃen.θo]

ܫܢܬܐ • (šenəṯā) f (uncountable)

1. sleep

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʃɛnˈnɑ.θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʃɪnˈnɑ.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʃeˈno.θo]

ܫܢܬܐ • (šennāṯā)

1. emphatic plural of ܫܢܐ‎ (šennā)

• “šnh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-10
• “šntˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-10
• “šnh²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-11-15
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 789b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 374a
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 385
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 587a, 588a
• 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, page 1581a–b