ܫܐܕܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܐ (šēḏā, demon) + the adjectival ending —ـܵܢܵܐ (—ānā). Compare Hebrew שֵׁדוֹן (šēḏôn). The second definition is a later development from the first.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃeːʔðɑːnɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃɪðɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šēḏānā) m (plural ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܹܐ (šēḏānē), feminine ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šēḏānīṯā))

  1. demoniac, possessed person
  2. crazy person, foolish person

Adjective

ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šēḏānā) (feminine ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šēḏānīṯā), plural ܫܹܐܕ݂ܵܢܹܐ (šēḏānē))

  1. demonic, possessed
  2. crazy, foolish

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā, demon) + the adjectival ending ܢܐ- (-ānā). Compare Hebrew שֵׁדוֹן (šēḏôn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃeˈðɑ.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃeˈðɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܫܐܕܢܐ (šēḏānā) m (plural ܫܐܕܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ)

  1. demoniac; demon

Inflection

References

  • šydn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-06
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 355a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 553a
  • 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. 1496a
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