ܫܬܐ

Compare Hebrew שָָׁתָה‎ (shatá) and Arabic شَتَّى‎ (šattā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːte]

ܫܵܬܹܐ • (šātē) (present participle ܫܬܵܝܵܐ‎ (štāyā), past participle ܫܸܬܝܵܐ‎ (šityā))

1. to drink

   ‏ܐܸܢ ܨܵܗܹܝܬ، ܫܬܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܡ̈ܝܼܵܐ.‎‎

   in ṣāhēt, štī ḥačā mīyā.

   If you get thirsty, drink some water.

   ‏ܟܹܐ ܫܵܬܹܝܢ ܟܵܣܵܐ ܕܥܲܨܪܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ ܘܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ ܕܩܲܗܘܵܐ ܒܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ.‎‎

   kē šātēn kāsā d-ʿaṣrā d-purtqālā w-pingānā d-qahwā b-qaydāmtā.

   I drink a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee in the morning.

2. to smoke (a cigarette, hookah, etc.)

   Synonym: ܓܵܪܹܫ‎ (gārēš)

• ܪܵܘܹܐ‎ (rāwē, “to get drunk, intoxicated”)
• ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ‎ (āḵēl, “to eat”)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): /ˈʃə.tɑ/, [ˈʃ(ə.)tɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃtɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃto]

As per normal Syriac phonological rules, the voiceless alveolar stop (/t/) spirantizes into a fricative, the voiceless dental (/θ/). However, it dissimilates back into a stop due to being adjacent to the voiceless postalveolar fricative (/ʃ/).

Compare Hebrew שָָׁתָה‎ (shatá) and Arabic شَتَّى‎ (šattā).

ܫܬܐ • (šətā) (peal construction)

1. to drink

• ܪܘܐ‎ (rəwā)

From Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-.

• ܐܫܬܐ‎ (ʾeštā)

ܫܬܐ • (šətā) m

1. six (6)

• ܫܬ‎ (šeṯ)

From Aramaic ܫܢܬܐ‎ (šantā).

• IPA^(key): /ʃato/

ܫܰܬܳܐ • (šato) f (plural ܐܷܫܢܶܐ‎ (ëšne))

1. year

• ܝܰܪܚܳܐ‎ (yarḥo, “month”)
• ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ‎ (šabṯo, “week”)
• ܝܰܘܡܳܐ‎ (yawmo, “day”)
• ܣܰܥܰܐ‎ (saca, “hour”), ܫܳܥܬ݂ܳܐ‎ (šocṯo, “hour”)
• ܕܰܩܩܰܐ‎ (daqqa, “minute”), ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ‎ (qaṭënto, “minute”)
• ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ‎ (ṣaniye, “second”), ܪܦܳܦܳܐ‎ (rfofo, “second”)