ܣܗܕܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܗ-ܕ (s-h-d) related to testifying. Compare Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑh(ə)ðuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɑhɛðwɑθɑ], [sɑh(ə)ðwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܗܕܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܗܕܘܬܐ)

  1. testimony, attestation, evidence
  2. quotation, citation
  3. martyrdom
  4. confession
  5. adjuration

Inflection

References

  • shdw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 221b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 362b
  • 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. 973b
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