Hebrew

Alternative forms

• סַדְנָא Aramaic spelling

Noun

סַדְנָה • ‎(sadná) f ‎(plural indefinite סדנות, singular construct סדנת־, plural construct סדנות־)

1. A shop, a workshop: a small room for manufacturing or light industrial work.
2. A workshop: a brief intensive course of interactive practical education.
3. A workshop: an academic conference.

Usage notes

• As with other feminine loanwords from Aramaic, the Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends that סדנה be written with a ה ‎(h, “hei”) at the end, rather than with an א ‎(ʾ, “alef”) (as in Aramaic). Nonetheless, the Aramaic spellings are still common today sometimes more common than the recommended spellings. In many cases the different plurals are used interchangeably.