Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܣ-ܗ-ܕ (s-h-d) related to testifying. Compare Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɑhɛðtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɑh(ə)ðɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܗܕܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܣܗܕܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܗܕܐ)

  1. witness
  2. martyr

Inflection edit

References edit

  • shdh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 221b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 362b
  • 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. 973b