Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ܣ ܘ ܟ (s w k)
4 terms

Related to Hebrew סָךְ (sákh, total, sum).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sɑːxɑː]

Noun edit

ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ (sāḵām sg (plural ܣܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (sāḵē))

  1. limit, extreme
  2. end, bound, term
  3. (arithmetic) sum, total
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sɪkkeː]

Noun edit

ܣܸܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ (sikṯā)

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܣ-ܘ-ܟ (s-w-k) related to being finished. Compare Hebrew סָךְ (sāḵ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܣܟܐ (sāḵām (plural ܣܟܐ (sāḵē))

  1. end, limit, extreme, bound, term
  2. total
  3. (arithmetic) sum
Inflection edit

Adverb edit

ܣܟܐ (sāḵā)

  1. absolutely, at all
  2. entirely

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ܣܟܐ (sekkē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܣܟܬܐ (sekkǝṯā)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Noun edit

ܣܟܐ (sekkā)

  1. absolute singular of ܣܟܬܐ (sekkǝṯā)

Pronunciation 2 edit

References edit

  • sk”, 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, page 222b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 376b
  • 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, pages 1007b-1008a