ܣܗܕܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܗ-ܕ (s-h-d) related to testifying. Compare Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑh(ə)ðuθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑhɛðwɑθɑ], [sɑh(ə)ðwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܗܕܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܗܕܘܬܐ)

1. testimony, attestation, evidence
2. quotation, citation
3. martyrdom
4. confession
5. adjuration

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܗܕܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܗܕܘ		1st person	ܣܗܕܘܬܝ		ܣܗܕܘܬܢ
	construct	ܣܗܕܘܬ		2nd person	ܣܗܕܘܬܟ	ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝ	ܣܗܕܘܬܟܘܢ	ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܗܕܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܗܕܘܬܗ	ܣܗܕܘܬܗ	ܣܗܕܘܬܗܘܢ	ܣܗܕܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܗܕܘܢ		1st person	ܣܗܕܘܬܝ		ܣܗܕܘܬܢ
	construct	ܣܗܕܘܬ		2nd person	ܣܗܕܘܬܟ	ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝ	ܣܗܕܘܬܟܘܢ	ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܗܕܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܗܕܘܬܗ	ܣܗܕܘܬܗ	ܣܗܕܘܬܗܘܢ	ܣܗܕܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “shdw”, 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. 221b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 362b
• 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. 973b