ܫܐܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā, demon) + the adjectival ending ܢܐ- (-ānā). Compare Hebrew שֵׁדוֹן (šēḏôn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃeˈðɑ.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃeˈðɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܫܐܕܢܐ (šēḏānā) m (plural ܫܐܕܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܐܕܢܝܬܐ)

  1. demoniac; demon

Inflection

References

  • šydn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-06
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 355a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 553a
  • 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. 1496a
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