ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܐܕܐ (šē(ʾ)ḏā(ʾ), “demon”) + the ending ܢܝܬܐ- (-ānīṯā(ʾ)). Compare Hebrew שֵׁדוֹן (šēḏôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃe(ʔ)ðɑniθɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃe(ʔ)ðɑnjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܫܐܕܢܐ)

1. demoniac; demon

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܐܕܢܝܐ		1st person	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܝ		ܫܐܕܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܫܐܕܢܝܬ		2nd person	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟܝ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܐܕܢܝܢ		1st person	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܢ		ܫܐܕܢܝܬܢ
	construct	ܫܐܕܢܝܬ		2nd person	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟܝ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟܘܢ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗܘܢ	ܫܐܕܢܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “šydn”, 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. 355a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 553a
• 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. 1496a