Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛnnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɛnne(ʔ)], [ʃɛnnɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܢܐ • ‎(šinnā) c ‎(plural ܫܢܢܬܐ or ܫܢܬܐ or ܫܢܐ)

1. (anatomy) tooth, fang, tusk
2. (anatomy) axis, epistropheus
3. ivory
4. tooth (of a fork), prong, spike
5. rocky crag, steep cliff, mountain peak
6. age, era

Inflection

Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܫܢܐ ‎(šennēʾ) is used for the literal sense of "teeth" while the plurals ܫܢܬܐ ‎(šennāṯāʾ) and ܫܢܢܬܐ ‎(šennāṯāʾ) are used for figurative senses.

See also

• ܟܟܐ

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَنَاء ‎(sanāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃannɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃanne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܫܢܐ)

1. sublimity, great honor/honour

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛnnɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)ne(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܢܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܫܢܝܐ
2. construct singular of ܫܢܝܐ

References

• “$n”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 374a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 586a-587a
• 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, p. 1577b