ܫܪܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒊓 (SA /⁠šerʾānu⁠/).

Noun

ܫܪܝܢܐ • (šeryānā) m (plural ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānē))

1. (anatomy) joint, nerve, ligament, articulation; membrane; artery
   • Peshitta, Colossians 2:19:

     ܘܠܐ ܐܚܕ ܪܝܫܐ. ܕܡܢܗ ܟܠܗ ܦܓܪܐ ܡܬܪܟܒ. ܘܡܬܩܝܡ ܒܫܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܘܒܗܕ̈ܡܐ. ܘܪܒܐ ܬܪܒܝܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ.

     wə-lā ʾāḥeḏ rêšā, də-mennēh kollēh p̄aḡrā meṯrakkaḇ, wə-meṯqayyam bə-šeryānē wa-ḇə-haddāmē, wə-rāḇē ṯarbīṯā ḏə-ʾălāhā.

     And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

2. (physiology) pulse
3. fissure, crack, split
4. canal, channel

Inflection

Descendants

• → Arabic: شِرْيَان (širyān)

See also

• ܘܪܝܕܐ (warrīḏā, “vein”)

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew שִׁרְיוֹן (širyôn).

Noun

ܫܪܝܢܐ • (šeryānā) m (plural ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānē))

1. breastplate, corselet, cuirass
   • Peshitta, Ephesians 6:14:

     ܩܘܡܘ ܗܟܝܠ ܘܚܙܘܩܘ ܚܨܝ̈ܟܘܢ ܒܩܘܫܬܐ. ܘܠܒܫܘ ܫܪܝܢܐ ܕܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ.

     qūm hāḵêl wa-ḥəzoq ḥaṣṣaykōn bə-qūštā, wa-ləḇaš šeryānā ḏə-zaddīqūṯā;

     Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܐ (š-r-ʾ) related to loosening.

Noun

ܫܪܝܢܐ • (šeryānā) m (plural ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānē))

1. loosening

Inflection

References

• “šryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-09
• “šryn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-09
• “šryn³”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 383b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 598b
• 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 1607b