ܣܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān). Compare Arabic شَيْطَان (Šayṭān).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sɑtˁɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA: [sɑtˁɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܛܢܐ m (emphatic plural ܣܛܢܐ)

1. adversary, enemy
2. devil

Inflection

    declension of ܣܛܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܛܢ	ܣܛܢܝܢ
construct	ܣܛܢ	ܣܛܢܝ
emphatic	ܣܛܢܐ	ܣܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܛܢܝ	ܣܛܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܛܢܟ	ܣܛܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܛܢܟܝ	ܣܛܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܛܢܗ	ܣܛܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܛܢܗ	ܣܛܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܛܢܢ	ܣܛܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܛܢܟܘܢ	ܣܛܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܛܢܟܝܢ	ܣܛܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܛܢܗܘܢ	ܣܛܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܛܢܗܝܢ	ܣܛܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܣܛܢܝܐ
• ܣܛܢܝܘܬܐ

Proper noun

ܣܛܢܐ m

1. (religion) Satan, the Devil

References

• "sTn" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
• Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, p. 227a
• Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 373b
• Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 996b