ܣܗܕܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ ܗ ܕ related to testifying. Compare Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑh(ə)ðuθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɑhɛðwɑθɑ], [sɑh(ə)ðwɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܗܕܘܬܐ • (transliteration neededf (plural ܣܗܕܘܬܐ)

  1. testimony, attestation, evidence
  2. quotation, citation
  3. martyrdom
  4. confession
  5. adjuration

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܗܕܘܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܗܕܘ 1st person ܣܗܕܘܬܝ ܣܗܕܘܬܢ
construct ܣܗܕܘܬ 2nd person ܣܗܕܘܬܟ ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝ ܣܗܕܘܬܟܘܢ ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܗܕܘܬܐ 3rd person ܣܗܕܘܬܗ ܣܗܕܘܬܗ ܣܗܕܘܬܗܘܢ ܣܗܕܘܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܗܕܘܢ 1st person ܣܗܕܘܬܝ ܣܗܕܘܬܢ
construct ܣܗܕܘܬ 2nd person ܣܗܕܘܬܟ ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝ ܣܗܕܘܬܟܘܢ ܣܗܕܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܗܕܘܬܐ 3rd person ܣܗܕܘܬܗ ܣܗܕܘܬܗ ܣܗܕܘܬܗܘܢ ܣܗܕܘܬܗܝܢ

References

  • shdw”, 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, page 221b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 362b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 973b