سادن

Arabic

Etymology

Formally derived from the active participle سَدَنَ (sadana, “to serve, to act as a chamberlain for”), although the meaning of this verb seems denominal. Apparently cognate to Hatran Aramaic 𐣴𐣣𐣭𐣭𐣠 (šdnʾ, “overseer”). The vowel variation in سَدْن (sadn), سِدْن (sidn), سَدَن (sadan), سَدَان (sadān, “curtain, veil”) may point to an Aramaic borrowing of a meaning of covering and unveiling, but it may also be not related to an idea of keeping something behind a veil, for سَدَنَ (sadana) also means “to let down” like سَدَلَ (sadala), to which also سِدْل (sidl), سُدْل (sudl, “curtain, veil”), so that the office may be “someone who lets people go down or lets them loose”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.din/

Noun

سَادِن • (sādin) m (plural سَدَنَة (sadana))

1. keeper, doorholder, curator, chamberlain, sacristan, saden

Declension

Declension of noun سَادِن (sādin)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَادِن sādin	السَّادِن as-sādin	سَادِن sādin
nominative	سَادِنٌ sādinun	السَّادِنُ as-sādinu	سَادِنُ sādinu
accusative	سَادِنًا sādinan	السَّادِنَ as-sādina	سَادِنَ sādina
genitive	سَادِنٍ sādinin	السَّادِنِ as-sādini	سَادِنِ sādini
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَادِنَيْن sādinayn	السَّادِنَيْن as-sādinayn	سَادِنَيْ sādinay
nominative	سَادِنَانِ sādināni	السَّادِنَانِ as-sādināni	سَادِنَا sādinā
accusative	سَادِنَيْنِ sādinayni	السَّادِنَيْنِ as-sādinayni	سَادِنَيْ sādinay
genitive	سَادِنَيْنِ sādinayni	السَّادِنَيْنِ as-sādinayni	سَادِنَيْ sādinay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَدَنَة sadana	السَّدَنَة as-sadana	سَدَنَة sadanat
nominative	سَدَنَةٌ sadanatun	السَّدَنَةُ as-sadanatu	سَدَنَةُ sadanatu
accusative	سَدَنَةً sadanatan	السَّدَنَةَ as-sadanata	سَدَنَةَ sadanata
genitive	سَدَنَةٍ sadanatin	السَّدَنَةِ as-sadanati	سَدَنَةِ sadanati

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “سادن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1335.
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سادن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 470
• “šdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Hoftijzer, J, Jongeling, K. (1995) Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, pages 1111–1112