ܫܡܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Root
ܫ-ܡ-ܢ
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmonɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmone] (plural)

Noun

ܫܡܘܢܐ • (šāmōnā) m (plural ܫܡܘܢܐ (šāmōnē))

1. small coin: penny, quadrans, farthing, obolus

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܡܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܡܘܢ		1st person	ܫܡܘܢܝ		ܫܡܘܢܢ
	construct	ܫܡܘܢ		2nd person	ܫܡܘܢܟ	ܫܡܘܢܟܝ	ܫܡܘܢܟܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܡܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܡܘܢܗ	ܫܡܘܢܗ	ܫܡܘܢܗܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܡܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܫܡܘܢܝ		ܫܡܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܫܡܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܫܡܘܢܝܟ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟܝ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܡܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܡܘܢܘܗܝ	ܫܡܘܢܝܗ	ܫܡܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَامُونَة (šāmūna), شَامُونَا (šāmūnā), شَامُونَاء (šāmūnāʔ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)munɑ]

Noun

ܫܡܘܢܐ • (šəmūnā) m(uncountable)

1. sadness, depression

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܡܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܡܘܢ		1st person	ܫܡܘܢܝ		ܫܡܘܢܢ
	construct	ܫܡܘܢ		2nd person	ܫܡܘܢܟ	ܫܡܘܢܟܝ	ܫܡܘܢܟܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܡܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܫܡܘܢܗ	ܫܡܘܢܗ	ܫܡܘܢܗܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܗܝܢ

References

• “šmwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 372a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 583b
• 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 1571a