ܣܟܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (/⁠sikkānu⁠/, oar, steering paddle, rudder blade), from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (/⁠zigan⁠/, oar, steering paddle, rudder blade). This is related to or possibly conflated with the Semitic ܫ-ܟ-ܢ (š-k-n) meaning to stay in place, to be held at rest, and with the Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (/⁠sikkatu⁠/, peg, nail, a lock or pin broach, cone, wedge, pyramid, pinnacle, plowshare) present in ܣܟܬܐ (sekkǝṯā, peg, nail, spike; ploughshare; coin stamp). Compare Arabic سِكِّين (sikkīn) and Hebrew סַכִּין (sakkī́n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sakkinɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sakkine], [sakkinɑθɑ], [sakkinjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܟܝܢܐ • (sakkīnā) f (plural ܣܟܝܢܝܬܐ (sakkīnyāṯā) or ܣܟܝܢܬܐ (sakkīnāṯā) or ܣܟܝܢܐ (sakkīne))

  1. knife, dagger

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: سِكَّين, سِكِّينَة (sikkīna)
    • Gulf Arabic: سچين (siččīn)
  • Hebrew: סכין

References

  • skyn”, 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, page 228a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 377a
  • 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 1009a
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