ܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܫܢܐ (šinnā) 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
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Etymology 2

From Arabic سَنَاء (sanāʾ, 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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛnnɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ

Etymology 5

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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