ܫܢܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic שַׁתָּא (šattā), from Proto-Semitic *šanat-; compare Arabic سَنَة (sana), Hebrew שָׁנָה (shaná) and Akkadian 𒈬 (šattum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃetːtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃɑːtɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʃiːtɑː]

Noun

ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ • (šēttā) f sg (plural ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnē))

  1. year (time period representing one revolution of the Earth around the Sun)
    ܝܘܼܪܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܬܪܸܥܣܲܪ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ
    yurḵā d-šēttā ìlēh triˁsar yarḥē
    The length of a year is twelve months.
    ܒܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܕܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܕܵܥܪܲܚ ܠܐܲܬܪܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܵܐ.
    bḥaylā d-allāhā bit dāˁraḥ l-atrā b-šēttā d-āṯyā.
    God willing we will return to Assyria next year.
    ܒܢܲܝ̈ ܚܵܠܝܼ ܫܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܪܵܗ̇.
    bnay ḥālī šūnē lhōn lbaytā ḥrēnā b-šēttā dˁḇīrāh.
    My cousins moved house last year.
  2. (astronomy) year (corresponding time period for a different planet)
    ܥܲܠ ܢܸܪܓܲܠ، ܡܸܬ݂ܚܵܐ ܕܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐܸܫܬܲܡܐܵܐ ܬܡܵܢܝܼܢ ܘܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ.
    ˁal nirgal, miṯḥā d-šēttā ìlēh ištamˀā tmānīn w-šaḇˁā yāwmānē.
    On Mars, the duration of a year is six hundred and eighty-seven days.
Inflection
Coordinate terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
ܝ ܫ ܢ (y š n)
1 term

Compare Arabic سِنَة (sina), Hebrew שֵׁנָה (sheiná).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃɪn.θɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʃɪn.θa]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʃɪn.tɑː]

Noun

ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܐ • (šinṯā) f

  1. sleep
    ܝܼܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܝܼīlāh šinṯīI’m sleepy (literally, “It’s my sleep.”)
    ܠܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܗ̇lā ìlāh šinṯāhShe’s not sleepy. (literally, “It’s not her sleep.”)
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܫܸܢܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (šinṯānā, sleepy)

Etymology 3

Compare Arabic أُشْنَة (ʔušna).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃan.tɑː]

Noun

ܫܲܢܬܵܐ • (šantā) f

  1. moss, lichen
Inflection

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): /ʃantɑ/, [ˈʃat.tɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃat.tɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃɑ.to]

Noun

ܫܢܬܐ • (ša[n]tā) f (plural ܫܢܝܐ (šənayyā))

  1. year
  2. age, era
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic أُشْنَة (ʔušna).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʃa(.)n(ə).θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃan.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃɑn.θo]

Noun

ܫܢܬܐ • (šanəṯā) f (uncountable)

  1. moss, lichen
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܝ-ܫ-ܢ (y-š-n); compare Arabic سِنَة (sina), Hebrew שֵׁנָה (šēnā).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʃɛ(.)n(ə).θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃɪn.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʃen.θo]

Noun

ܫܢܬܐ • (šenəṯā) f (uncountable)

  1. sleep
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʃɛnˈnɑ.θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʃɪnˈnɑ.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʃeˈno.θo]

Noun

ܫܢܬܐ • (šennāṯā)

  1. emphatic plural of ܫܢܐ (šennā)

References

  • šnh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-10
  • šntˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-07-10
  • šnh2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2020-11-15
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 789b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 374a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 385
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 587a, 588a
  • 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 1581a–b
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