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ܣܢܝܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Compare Biblical Hebrew סְנֶה (sənê). If related to Arabic سَنَا (sanā, senna), perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šinn- (tooth).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈsan.jɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈsan.jɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈsɑn.jo]

Noun

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ܣܢܝܐ (sanyām (plural ܣܢܝܐ (sənayyā))

  1. bush, shrub, bramble, thornbush
    • Peshitta, Luke 6:44:
      ܟܠ ܐܝܠܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܗܘ ܡܬܝܕܥ. ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܠܩܛܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܘܒ̈ܐ ܬܐܢ̈ܐ. ܐܦ ܠܐ ܡܢ ܣܢܝܐ ܩܛܦܝܢ ܥܢܒ̈ܐ.
      koll ʾīlānā ḡêr men pēʾraw[hy] [h]ū meṯīḏaʿ. lā ḡêr lāqṭīn men kubbē ṯêʾnē, ʾāp̄ lā men sanyā qāṭpīn ʿenəḇē.
      For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
    Synonym: ܦܛܠ (pəṭal)

Inflection

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Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

Derived terms

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References

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  • sny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-01
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 232a
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ܣܢܝܐ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 315
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 187
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 382a
  • 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, page 1024a