ܫܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪn.neː]

Noun

ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnē) f pl

  1. plural of ܫܲܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šatā): years

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܢ-ܐ (š-n-ā) related to displacing.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃan.neː]

Verb

ܫܲܢܹܐ (šannē) (present participle ܫܲܢܘܼܝܹܐ (šanuyē), past participle ܫܘܼܢܝܵܐ (šunyā))

  1. (intransitive), (transitive) to move out, move house, move away, relocate, transfer
    ܫܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܠܐܲܠܩܘܿܫ ܗ̇ܝ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.
    šunē lī l-alqoš aya šētā dʿḇīrāh.
    I moved to Alqosh last year.
  2. (euphemistic) to pass away, die
    Synonyms: ܡܵܝܹܬ (māyēt), ܕܵܡܹܟ݂ (dāmēḵ), ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ (ʿāḇēr)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Aramaic שֵׁנָא (šennā), from Proto-Semitic *šinn-; compare Akkadian 𒅗 (šinnum), Arabic سِنّ (sinn) and Hebrew שֵׁן (shén).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪn.nɑː]

Noun

ܫܸܢܵܐ (šinnā) m (plural ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnē))

  1. (anatomy) tooth, fang, tusk
  2. (anatomy) axis, epistropheus
  3. tooth (of a fork), prong, spike
Declension
See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛnnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛnne(ʔ)], [ʃɛnnɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܢܐ (šennā) c (plural ܫܢܢܬܐ or ܫܢܬܐ or ܫܢܐ)

  1. (anatomy) tooth, fang, tusk
  2. (anatomy) axis, epistropheus
  3. ivory
  4. tooth (of a fork), prong, spike
  5. rocky crag, steep cliff, mountain peak
  6. age, era
Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܫܢܐ (šennēʾ) is used for the literal sense of "teeth" while the plurals ܫܢܬܐ (šennāṯāʾ) and ܫܢܢܬܐ (šennāṯāʾ) are used for figurative senses.

Inflection
See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَنَاء (sanāʔ, eminence, highness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃannɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃanne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܢܐ)

  1. sublimity, great honor/honour
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛnnɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ne(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܢܝܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܫܢܝܐ

References

  • šn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 374a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 586a-587a
  • 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, p. 1577b
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