שנא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛnɑʔ/

Noun

שנא • (šinnāf (plural שנתא or שנא)

  1. (anatomy) tooth
  2. fang, tusk
  3. ivory

See also

Hebrew

Root
שׂ־נ־א (s-n-ʾ)
4 terms

Etymology

Related to Imperial Aramaic שני, which became Classical Syriac ܣܢܐ and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סני. Cognate with Arabic شَنَأَ (šanaʔa).

Pronunciation

Verb

שָׂנֵא • (sané) (pa'al construction)

  1. to hate

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׂנֵא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לשנוא / לִשְׂנֹא
action noun שִׂנְאָה
passive participle שָׂנוּא
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first שָׂנֵאתִי שָׂנֵאנוּ
second שָׂנֵאתָ שָׂנֵאת שְׂנֵאתֶם1 שְׂנֵאתֶן1
third שָׂנֵא שָׂנְאָה שָׂנְאוּ
present שׂוֹנֵא שׂוֹנֵאת שׂוֹנְאִים שׂוֹנְאוֹת
future first אֶשְׂנָא נִשְׂנָא
second תִּשְׂנָא תִּשְׂנְאִי תִּשְׂנְאוּ תִּשְׂנֶאנָה2
third יִשְׂנָא תִּשְׂנָא יִשְׂנְאוּ תִּשְׂנֶאנָה2
imperative שְׂנָא שִׂנְאִי שִׂנְאוּ שְׂנֶאנָה2

1 Pronounced שָׂנֵאתֶם and שָׂנֵאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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