ܣܐܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (rare) ܣܘܢܐ

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܐ-ܢ (s-ʾ-n) related to wearing shoes. Compare Hebrew סְאוֹן (səʾôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʔunɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʔune(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܐܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܐܘܢܐ)

1. footwear, shoe, sandal

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܐܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܐܘܢ		1st person	ܣܐܘܢܝ		ܣܐܘܢܢ
	construct	ܣܐܘܢ		2nd person	ܣܐܘܢܟ	ܣܐܘܢܟܝ	ܣܐܘܢܟܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܐܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܣܐܘܢܗ	ܣܐܘܢܗ	ܣܐܘܢܗܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܐܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܣܐܘܢܝ		ܣܐܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܣܐܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܣܐܘܢܝܟ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟܝ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܐܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܣܐܘܢܘܗܝ	ܣܐܘܢܝܗ	ܣܐܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܡܣܐܢܐ
• ܡܛܪܬܐ
• ܛܪܡܝܣܝܬܐ
• ܨܘܠܬܐ

References

• “sˀwn”, 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. 217a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 356b
• 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. 958a