ܫܢܬܐ

From Aramaic שַׁתָּא (šattā), from Proto-Semitic *šanat-; compare Arabic سَنَة (sana), Hebrew שָׁנָה (shaná) and Akkadian 𒈬 (šattum).

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ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (šēttā) f sg (plural ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnē))

1. year (time period representing one revolution of the Earth around the Sun)

   ܝܘܼܪܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܬܪܸܥܣܲܪ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ

   yurḵā d-šēttā ìlēh triˁsar yarḥē

   The length of a year is twelve months.

   ܒܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܕܵܥܪܲܚ ܠܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܐ.

   bḥaylā d-allāhā bit dāˁraḥ l-atrā b-šēttā d-āṯyā.

   God willing we will return to Assyria next year.

   ܒܢܲܝ̈ ܚܵܠܝܼ ܫܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.

   bnay ḥālī šūnē lhōn lbaytā ḥrēnā b-šēttā dˁḇīrāh.

   My cousins moved house last year.

2. (astronomy) year (corresponding time period for a different planet)

   ܥܲܠ ܢܸܪܓܲܠ، ܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܸܫܬܲܡܐܵܐ ܬܡܵܢܝܼܢ ܘܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ.

   ˁal nirgal, miṯḥā d-šēttā ìlēh ištamˀā tmānīn w-šaḇˁā yāwmānē.

   On Mars, the duration of a year is six hundred and eighty-seven days.

• ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā, “week”), ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (yarḥā, “month”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”)
• ܥܣܲܪܬܵܐ (ˁsartā, “decade”), ܕܵܘܪܵܐ (dāwrā, “century”), ܐܲܠܦܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (alpāyūṯā, “millennium”)

Compare Arabic سِنَة (sina), Hebrew שֵׁנָה (sheiná).

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ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܐ • (šinṯā) f

1. sleep

   ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܝܼ ― īlāh šinṯī ― I’m sleepy (literally, “It’s my sleep.”)

   ܠܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܗ̇ ― lā ìlāh šinṯāh ― She’s not sleepy. (literally, “It’s not her sleep.”)

• ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šinṯānā, “sleepy”)

Compare Arabic أُشْنَة (ʔušna).

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ܫܲܢܬܵܐ • (šantā) f

1. moss, lichen

• “ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)
• “ܫܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)
• “ܫܸܢܬܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)

From Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

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ܫܢܬܐ • (šatā) f (plural ܫܢܝܐ (šənayyā))

1. year
2. age, era

Compare Arabic أُشْنَة (ʔušna).

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ܫܢܬܐ • (šanəṯā) f(uncountable)

1. moss, lichen

From the root ܝ-ܫ-ܢ (y-š-n); compare Arabic سِنَة (sina), Hebrew שֵׁנָה (šēnā).

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ܫܢܬܐ • (šenəṯā) f(uncountable)

1. sleep

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ܫܢܬܐ • (šennāṯā)

1. emphatic plural of ܫܢܐ (šennā)

• “šnh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-10
• “šntˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-10
• “šnh²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-11-15
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 789b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 374a
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 385
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 587a, 588a
• 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, pages 1581a–b