ܫܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic سَاق (sāq) and Hebrew שׁוֹק (šōq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɑqɑ], [ʃaqqɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑqe], [ʃaqqe] (plural)

Noun

ܫܩܐ (šāqā) c (plural ܫܩܐ (šāqē))

  1. (anatomy) crus, foreleg, shin, shank, thigh; tibia, shinbone; femur, thighbone
  2. greave, legging
  3. branch, stem
  4. (figuratively) stem, stock, lineage, race
  5. division, limb
  6. (geometry) side of a triangle
  7. tongue (of a shoe)
  8. line, verse
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

Possibly from Ancient Greek σηκός (sēkós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɑqɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃɑqe] (plural)

Noun

ܫܩܐ (šāqā) f (plural ܫܩܐ (šāqē))

  1. mound of earth
  2. sarcophagus
  3. (by extension) morgue
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃqe]

Noun

ܫܩܐ (šqē)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šeqyā, canal, irrigation)
  2. construct singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šeqyā, canal, irrigation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɑqe]

Noun

ܫܩܐ (šāqē)

  1. absolute singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šāqyā, cupbearer)
  2. construct singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šāqyā, cupbearer)

References

  • šq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2010-11-21
  • šqˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2010-11-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 363b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 592b-593a
  • 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, page 1592b
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