ܫܥܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic سَاعَة‎ (sāʿa(t)) and Hebrew שָׁעָה‎ (šāʿâ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑʕ(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑʕe(ʔ)], [ʃɑʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܥܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܥܬܐ or ܫܥܐ‎)

  1. hour (60 minutes)
  2. time, o'clock
  3. moment
  4. season
  5. (astronomy) angle, degree
  6. (astronomy) ascendant
  7. unit of weight equal to 5 oz.
  8. (astrology) horoscope
Usage notes
  • Usually, the plural ܫܥܐ‎ (šāʿēʾ) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܫܥܬܐ‎ (šāʿāṯāʾ) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).
  • The absolute singular form ܫܥ‎ (šāʿ) only occurs in the compound ܟܠܫܥ‎ (kolšāʿ, “always”).
Inflection
    declension of ܫܥܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܫܥ) ,ܫܥܐ) ܫܥܢ ,ܫܥܝܢ
construct ܫܥܬ ܫܥܬ ,ܫܥܝ
emphatic ܫܥܬܐ ܫܥܬܐ ,ܫܥܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܫܥܬܝ ܫܥܬܝ ,ܫܥܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܫܥܬܟ ܫܥܬܟ ,ܫܥܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܫܥܬܟܝ ܫܥܬܟܝ ,ܫܥܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܫܥܬܗ ܫܥܬܗ ,ܫܥܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܫܥܬܗ ܫܥܬܗ ,ܫܥܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܫܥܬܢ ܫܥܬܢ ,ܫܥܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܫܥܬܟܘܢ ܫܥܬܟܘܢ ,ܫܥܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܫܥܬܟܝܢ ܫܥܬܟܝܢ ,ܫܥܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܫܥܬܗܘܢ ܫܥܬܗܘܢ ,ܫܥܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܫܥܬܗܝܢ ܫܥܬܗܝܢ ,ܫܥܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܥ-ܐ‎ (š-ʿ-ʾ) related to playing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܫܥܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܥܬܐ)

  1. amusement, joke
  2. laughing stock
  3. play, game
  4. sport
  5. spectacle
Inflection
    declension of ܫܥܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܫܥܐ ܫܥܢ
construct ܫܥܬ ܫܥܬ
emphatic ܫܥܬܐ ܫܥܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܫܥܬܝ ܫܥܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܫܥܬܟ ܫܥܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܫܥܬܟܝ ܫܥܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܫܥܬܗ ܫܥܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܫܥܬܗ ܫܥܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܫܥܬܢ ܫܥܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܫܥܬܟܘܢ ܫܥܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܫܥܬܟܝܢ ܫܥܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܫܥܬܗܘܢ ܫܥܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܫܥܬܗܝܢ ܫܥܬܗܝܢ

References
  • “šˁh”, 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, pp. 363a, 375b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 588a, 598a
  • 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, pp. 1584b-1585a
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