ܣܢܝܐ
Appearance
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Biblical Hebrew סְנֶה (sənê). If related to Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”), perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈsan.jɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈsan.jɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈsɑn.jo]
Noun
[edit]ܣܢܝܐ • (sanyā) m (plural ܣܢܝܐ (sənayyā))
- 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)
- Peshitta, Luke 6:44:
Inflection
[edit]Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.
declension of ܣܢܝܐ
state | singular | plural |
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absolute | ܣܢܐ | ܣܢܝܢ |
construct | ܣܢܐ | ܣܢܝ |
emphatic | ܣܢܝܐ | ܣܢܝܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܣܢܝܝ | ܣܢܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܣܢܝܟ | ܣܢܝܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܣܢܝܟܝ | ܣܢܝܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܣܢܝܗ | ܣܢܘܗܝ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܣܢܝܗ | ܣܢܝܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܣܢܝܢ | ܣܢܝܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܣܢܝܟܘܢ | ܣܢܝܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܣܢܝܟܝܢ | ܣܢܝܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܣܢܝܗܘܢ | ܣܢܝܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܣܢܝܗܝܢ | ܣܢܝܗܝܢ |
Derived terms
[edit]- ܣܢܝܐ ܕܟܠܒܐ (sanyā ḏə-ḵalbā)
References
[edit]- “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
Categories:
- Classical Syriac terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Classical Syriac terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Syriac lemmas
- Classical Syriac nouns
- Classical Syriac masculine nouns
- Classical Syriac terms with quotations
- Classical Syriac nouns with irregular inflections
- Classical Syriac nouns with irregular plurals
- syc:Rose family plants