Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʃɛrˈjɑ.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʃɪrˈjɑ.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʃɛrˈjo.no]

Etymology 1 edit

From Akkadian 𒊓 (SA /⁠šerʾānu⁠/).

Noun edit

ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānām (plural ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānē))

  1. (anatomy) joint, nerve, ligament, articulation; membrane; artery
    • Peshitta, Colossians 2:19:
      ܘܠܐ ܐܚܕ ܪܝܫܐ. ܕܡܢܗ ܟܠܗ ܦܓܪܐ ܡܬܪܟܒ. ܘܡܬܩܝܡ ܒܫܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܘܒܗܕ̈ܡܐ. ܘܪܒܐ ܬܪܒܝܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ.
      wə-lā ʾāḥeḏ rêšā, də-mennēh kollēh p̄aḡrā meṯrakkaḇ, wə-meṯqayyam bə-šeryānē wa-ḇə-haddāmē, wə-rāḇē ṯarbīṯā ḏə-ʾălāhā.
      And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
  2. (physiology) pulse
  3. fissure, crack, split
  4. canal, channel
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • Arabic: شِرْيَان (širyān)
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Hebrew שִׁרְיוֹן (širyôn).

Noun edit

ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānām (plural ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānē))

  1. breastplate, corselet, cuirass
    • Peshitta, Ephesians 6:14:
      ܩܘܡܘ ܗܟܝܠ ܘܚܙܘܩܘ ܚܨܝ̈ܟܘܢ ܒܩܘܫܬܐ. ܘܠܒܫܘ ܫܪܝܢܐ ܕܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ.
      qūm[w] hāḵêl wa-ḥəzoq[w] ḥaṣṣaykōn bə-qūštā, wa-ləḇaš[w] šeryānā ḏə-zaddīqūṯā;
      Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܐ (š-r-ʾ) related to loosening.

Noun edit

ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānām (plural ܫܪܝܢܐ (šeryānē))

  1. loosening
Inflection edit

References edit

  • šryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-09
  • šryn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-09
  • šryn3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 383b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 598b
  • 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 1607b