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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Biblical Hebrew סְנֶה (sənê). If related to Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”), perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܣܢܝܐ • (sanyā) m (plural ܣܢܝܐ (sənayyā))
- bush, shrub, bramble, thornbush
- Peshitta, Luke 6:44:
ܟܠ ܐܝܠܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܗܘ ܡܬܝܕܥ. ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܠܩܛܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܘܒ̈ܐ ܬܐܢ̈ܐ. ܐܦ ܠܐ ܡܢ ܣܢܝܐ ܩܛܦܝܢ ܥܢܒ̈ܐ.- koll ʾīlānā ḡêr men pēʾraw ū meṯīḏaʿ. lā ḡêr lāqṭīn men kubbē ṯêʾnē, ʾāp̄ lā men sanyā qāṭpīn ʿenəḇē.
- For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- Synonym: ܦܛܠ (pəṭal)
Inflection
Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.
Derived terms
References
- “sny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-01
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 232a
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ܣܢܝܐ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 315
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 187
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 382a
- 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 1024a