ܫܡܝܐ

From Aramaic שְׁמַיָּא‎ (šəmayyā), from Proto-Semitic *šamāy-; compare Hebrew שָׁמַיִם‎ (shamáyim), Arabic سَمَاء‎ (samāʔ).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃmaj.jɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʃmɛj.jɑː]

ܫܡܲܝܵܐ • (šmayā) m or f (uncountable)

1. The sky: (the atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.)

   ‏ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ ܨܸܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܙܲܪܩܵܐ.‎‎

   idyom ṣiḇʿā dšmayā ìwā zarqā.

   Today the colour of the sky was blue.

   ‏ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܼ ܗܲܡܵܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܪܝܼ ܕܠܲܝܬܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܬܚܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ ܫܒ݂ܘܿܩ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ.‎‎

   My teacher always tells me that the sky is the limit.

   • Matthew 16:2

     ‏ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ، «ܨܸܚܘܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܕܘܼܢܝܹܐ ܣܵܒܵܒ ܣܡܝܼܩ ܠܹܗ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ».‎‎

     When it is evening you say, “It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.”

2. (religion) heaven: (The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust.)

   Antonyms: ܓܹܗܲܢܵܐ‎ (gēhannā), ܫܝܘܿܠ‎ (šyol)

• ܪܩܝܼܥܵܐ‎ m (rqīʿā, “space”)
• ܦܲܪܕܵܝܣܵܐ‎ f (pardāysā, “paradise”)

ܫܡܲܝܵܐ • (šmayā) m or f

1. (Christianity) Heaven: (The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence.)

   ‏ܒܵܒܝܼ ܡܪܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܸܠܬܵܐ ܕܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ، ܚܲܪܬܵܐ ܡܝܼܬ ܠܹܗ ܘܫܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܫܡܲܝܵܐ‎‎

   bābī mriʿ lēh min ʿiltā dsarṭānā, ḥartā mit lēh w-šunē lēh lšmayā

   My father got sick with cancer, he then died and went to heaven.

   • Revelation 21:1

     ‏ܗ̇ܝܓܵܗ ܚܙܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ܬܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ، ܣܵܒܵܒ ܗ̇ܝ ܫܡܲܝܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܘܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܦܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ، ܘܝܵܡܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ.‎‎

     higāh ḥzē lī šmayā ḥatā w-ʾarʿā ḥadtā, sābāb ay šmayā qamāytā w-ʾarʿā qamāytā priq lhon, w-yāmā layt wā ḥēnā.

     Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.

• ܓܹܗܲܢܵܐ‎ (gēhannā)
• ܫܝܘܿܠ‎ (šyol)

From Proto-Semitic *šamāy- (“sky, heaven”).

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)majjɑ] (singular and plural)

ܫܡܝܐ • (šmayyā) c (plural ܫܡܝܐ)

1. sky, skies
2. heaven, heavens, paradise

   Antonym: ܓܝܗܢܐ‎

3. (architecture) ceiling, roof, eaves
4. peak, height, highest part
5. shelter
6. pride

This world usually appears as singular and masculine.

ܫܡܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܡܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܡܝܬܐ‎)

1. Alternative spelling of ܫܐܡܝܐ‎

ܫܡܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܡܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܡܝܬܐ‎)

1. Alternative spelling of ܫܐܡܝܐ‎

• “šmyn”, 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, page 372b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 584a
• 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 1572b