ܣܟܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܟ ܟ (s k k) |
| 1 term |
Inherited from Aramaic סֶכְּתָא (sekkəṯā), from Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum); cognate with Arabic سِكَّة (sikka) and Hebrew סִכָּה (siká).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ • (sikṯā) f (plural ܣܸܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkē))
- pin, peg, pole
- Synonyms: ܒܘܼܩܠܵܐ (buqlā), ܙܵܩܝܼܦܬܵܐ (zāqīptā)
- nail, stake, wedge
- Synonyms: ܨܸܨܵܐ (ṣiṣṣā), ܐܸܣܦܹܝܢܵܐ (ispēnā)
- tails; reverse side of a coin
- Antonym: ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܸܟܵܐ (sikkā) | 1st person | ܣܸܟܬܝܼ (siktī) | ܣܸܟܬܲܢ (siktan) | |||
| construct | ܣܸܟܲܬ݂ (sikkaṯ) | 2nd person | ܣܸܟܬܘܼܟ݂ (siktōḵ) | ܣܸܟܬܵܟ݂ܝ (siktāḵ) | ܣܸܟܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (siktawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܸܟܬܵܐ (siktā) | 3rd person | ܣܸܟܬܹܗ (siktēh) | ܣܸܟܬܵܗ̇ (siktāh) | ܣܸܟܬܗܘܿܢ (sikthōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܸܟܝܼ̈ܢ (sikīn) | 1st person | ܣܸܟܝܼ̈ (sikī) | ܣܸܟܲܢ̈ (sikkan) | |||
| construct | ܣܸܟܲܝ̈ (sikkay) | 2nd person | ܣܸܟܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sikōḵ) | ܣܸܟܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sikkāḵ) | ܣܸܟܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sikkawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܸܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkē) | 3rd person | ܣܸܟܘܼ̈ܗܝ (sikūh) | ܣܸܟܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (sikkōh) | ܣܸܟܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (sikkayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܦܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (sikṯā dpḏānā, “plowshare”)
- ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܦܪܸܙܠܵܐ (sikṯā dprizlā, “railroad, railway, railroad track”)
- ܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܝܲܢ ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ (rēšā yan sikṯā, “heads or tails”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum). Cognate with Arabic سِكَّة (sikka) and Hebrew סִכָּה (sikkā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛk(kə)θɑ]
Noun
ܣܟܬܐ • (sekkǝṯā) f (plural ܣܟܐ (sekkē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܟܐ | 1st person | ܣܟܬܝ | ܣܟܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܟܬ | 2nd person | ܣܟܬܟ | ܣܟܬܟܝ | ܣܟܬܟܝܢ | ܣܟܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܟܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܟܬܗ | ܣܟܬܗ | ܣܟܬܗܘܢ | ܣܟܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܟܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܟܝ | ܣܟܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܟܝ | 2nd person | ܣܟܝܟ | ܣܟܝܟܝ | ܣܟܝܟܘܢ | ܣܟܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܟܐ | 3rd person | ܣܟܘܗܝ | ܣܟܝܗ | ܣܟܝܗܘܢ | ܣܟܝܗܝܢ | ||
Descendants
- Arabic: سِكَّة (sikka)
References
- “skh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 30 November 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 228a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 378a
- 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 1012a