ܫܢܐ

Inherited from Aramaic שֵׁנָא (šennā), from Proto-Semitic *šinn-, but fossilized in the verb ܨܵܐܹܪ ܫܸܢܵܢܹ̈ܗ ܠܓܸܚܟܵܐ (ṣāˀēr šinnānēh lgiḥkā, “to smile (of a baby)”) in dialect of Ashitha and in the below proper noun as the name of a mountain with a cliff at its summit. The effective usage is then a Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac. The noun also survives in Turoyo ܫܶܢܐ (šeno, “steep rock”) and in at least one Turoyo dialect with the meaning of “molar tooth”. Compare Akkadian 𒅗 (šinnum), Arabic سِنّ (sinn) and Hebrew שֵׁן (shén).

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ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ • (šinnē) m sg (plural ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnē) or ܫܸܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnānē))

1. (anatomy) tooth, fang, tusk
2. rocky crag, steep cliff, mountain peak
3. (anatomy) axis, epistropheus
4. tooth (of a fork), prong, spike

ܫܸܢܵܐ • (šinnā) ?

1. name of a mountain in Hakkari

• ܟܹܟܵܐ (kēkā)

From the older form *ܫܢܹܐ (*šnē). Compare Turoyo ܐܷܫ̈ܢܶܐ (ëšne), Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ (šənayyā).

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ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ • (šinnē) f pl

1. plural of ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šētā, “year”)

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

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ܫܢܐ • (šennā) c (plural ܫܢܢܬܐ (šennənāṯā) or ܫܢܬܐ (šennāṯā) or ܫܢܐ (šennē))

1. tooth, fang, tusk
2. axis, epistropheus
3. ivory
4. tooth (of a fork), prong, spike
5. rocky crag, steep cliff, mountain peak
6. age, era

Usually, the plural ܫܢܐ (šennē) is used for the literal sense of “teeth” while the plurals ܫܢܬܐ (šennāṯā) and ܫܢܢܬܐ (šennənāṯā) are used for figurative senses.

• ܟܟܐ (kakkā)

From Arabic سَنَاء (sanāʔ, “eminence, highness”).

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ܫܢܐ • (šannā) m (plural ܫܢܐ (šannē))

1. sublimity, great honour

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ܫܢܐ • (šənā)

1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ (šantā, “year”)

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ܫܢܐ • (šennā)

1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ (šennəṯā, “sleep”)

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ܫܢܐ • (šnē)

1. absolute singular of ܫܢܝܐ (šenyā, “madness”)
2. construct state singular of ܫܢܝܐ (šenyā, “madness”)

• “šn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 789a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 374a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 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, →ISBN, page 1577b