ܬܪܝܢܝܬܐ

Compare also Hebrew שְׁנִיָּה (sh'niyá) with the unit of time a semantic loan from Arabic ثَانِيَة (ṯāniya) its cognate also literally equivalent to Medieval Latin secunda.

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ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (trayyānīṯā) f sg (plural ܬܪ̈ܲܝܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (trayyānyāṯē))

1. feminine of ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (trayyānā, “second”)

ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (trayyānīṯā) f sg (plural ܬܪ̈ܲܝܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (trayyānyāṯē))

1. (time, proscribed) second (SI unit of time; one-sixtieth of a minute)

   Synonym: ܪܦܵܦܵܐ (rpāpā)

   Coordinate terms: ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ (daqīqā, “minute”), ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā, “hour”), ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā, “week”), ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (yarḥā, “month”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”), ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šēttā, “year”)

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܐܸܫܬܝܼܢ ܬܪ̈ܲܝܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܒܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ. ― īṯ ištīn trayyānyāṯē b-daqqīqā. ― There are sixty seconds in a minute.

2. (geometry) second (unit of angular measure; 1/60 of a minute, or 1/3.600 of a degree)

   Coordinate terms: ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ (daqīqā, “minute”), ܕܲܪܓ݂ܵܐ (darḡā, “degree”)