Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqɑ(ʔ)], [ʃaqqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqe(ʔ)], [ʃaqqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) c ‎(plural ܫܩܐ)

1. (anatomy) crus, foreleg, shin, shank, thigh; tibia, shinbone; femur, thighbone
2. greave, legging
3. branch, stem
4. (figuratively) stem, stock, lineage, race
5. division, limb
6. (geometry) side of a triangle
7. tongue (of a shoe)
8. line, verse

Inflection

Descendants

• Armenian: շեք ‎(šekʿ)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Ancient Greek σηκός ‎(sēkós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܫܩܐ)

1. mound of earth
2. sarcophagus
3. (by extension) morgue

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqe(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܫܩܝܐ
2. construct singular of ܫܩܝܐ

References

• “$q”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2010-11-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 363b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 592b-593a
• 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. 1592b