ܫܘܟܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (less common) ܫܘܘܟܢܐ

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܟ-ܢ (š-k-n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃukkɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃukkɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܟܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܟܢܐ)

1. gift, donation
2. bequest, legacy
3. (theology) favour, grace

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܘܟܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܘܟܢ		1st person	ܫܘܟܢܝ		ܫܘܟܢܢ
	construct	ܫܘܟܢ		2nd person	ܫܘܟܢܟ	ܫܘܟܢܟܝ	ܫܘܟܢܟܘܢ	ܫܘܟܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܟܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܟܢܗ	ܫܘܟܢܗ	ܫܘܟܢܗܘܢ	ܫܘܟܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܘܟܢܝܢ		1st person	ܫܘܟܢܝ		ܫܘܟܢܝܢ
	construct	ܫܘܟܢܝ		2nd person	ܫܘܟܢܝܟ	ܫܘܟܢܝܟܝ	ܫܘܟܢܝܟܘܢ	ܫܘܟܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܘܟܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܘܟܢܘܗܝ	ܫܘܟܢܝܗ	ܫܘܟܢܝܗܘܢ	ܫܘܟܢܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܩܘܪܒܢܐ

References

• “šwkn”, 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. 368a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 565a
• 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. 1527a-b