ܫܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology
Root
ܫ ܝ ܢ (š y n)
2 terms

Of the same Middle Iranian origin as Old Armenian շէն (šēn).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃaj.nɑː]

Noun

ܫܲܝܢܵܐ • (šaynā) m

  1. safety
  2. peace, tranquillity, harmony
    Synonym: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šlāmā)
    Antonym: ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (qrāḇā)
  3. (literary) cultivated or inhabited land
    Synonym: ܡܲܕ݂ܒܪܵܐ (maḏbrā)

Inflection
Inflection of ܫܲܝܢܵܐ (šaynā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܫܲܝܢܝܼ
(šaynī)		 ܫܲܝܢܲܢ
(šaynan)
construct ܫܹܝܢ
(šēn)		 2nd person ܫܲܝܢܘܼܟ݂
(šaynūḵ)		 ܫܲܝܢܵܟ݂ܝ
(šaynāḵ)		 ܫܲܝܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(šaynāwḵōn)
emphatic ܫܲܝܢܵܐ
(šaynā)		 3rd person ܫܲܝܢܹܗ
(šaynēh)		 ܫܲܝܢܵܗ̇
(šaynāh)		 ܫܲܝܢܗܘܿܢ
(šaynhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܫܲܝܢܝܼ̈
(šaynī)		 ܫܲܝܢܲܢ̈
(šaynan)
construct ܫܲܝܢܲܝ̈
(šaynay)		 2nd person ܫܲܝܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(šaynūḵ)		 ܫܲܝܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(šaynāḵ)		 ܫܲܝܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(šaynāwḵōn)
emphatic ܫܲܝܢܹ̈ܐ
(šaynē)		 3rd person ܫܲܝܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(šaynūh)		 ܫܲܝܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇
(šaynōh)		 ܫܲܝܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(šaynhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Of the same Middle Iranian origin as Old Armenian շէն (šēn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃajnɑ]

Noun

ܫܝܢܐ • (šaynā) m (uncountable)

  1. cultivated or inhabited land, urban area
  2. domestication
  3. prosperity, favorable/favourable conditions
  4. peace, tranquillity, harmony
  5. truce, treaty, capitulation

Inflection
    declension of ܫܝܢܐ
state singular (uncountable)
absolute ܫܝܢ
construct ܫܝܢ
emphatic ܫܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܫܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܫܝܢܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܫܝܢܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܫܝܢܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܫܝܢܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܫܝܢܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܫܝܢܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܫܝܢܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܫܝܢܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܫܝܢܗܝܢ

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “inhabited land”): ܕܒܪܐ (daḇrā), ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥurbā)
  • (antonym(s) of “peace”): ܩܪܒܐ (qərāḇā)

See also

References
  • “šyn2”, 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 367a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 575a
  • 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, pages 1552b–1553a
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