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ܫܢܝܐ

ܫܢܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɛnjɑ(ʔ)], [ʃ(ə)nɑjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. madness, insanity
  2. frenzy
  3. infatuation
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܢ-ܐ (š-n-ʾ) related to displacing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑjɑ(ʔ)], [ʃannɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑje(ʔ)], [ʃannɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܫܢܝܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܢܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܢܝܬܐ)

  1. mad, insane
  2. frantic
  3. infatuated
Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)najjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܝܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܫܢܬܐ

References

  • $ny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 374a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 587b
  • 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, p. 1580a