ܣܐܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (rare) ܣܘܢܐ

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܐ-ܢ (s-ʾ-n) related to wearing shoes. Compare Hebrew סְאוֹן (səʾôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʔunɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)ʔune(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܐܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܐܘܢܐ)

1. footwear, shoe, sandal

Inflection

    inflection of ܣܐܘܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܐܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܣܐܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܣܐܘܢܐ	ܣܐܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܐܘܢܝ	ܣܐܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܐܘܢܟ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܐܘܢܟܝ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܐܘܢܗ	ܣܐܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܐܘܢܗ	ܣܐܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܐܘܢܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܐܘܢܟܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܐܘܢܟܝܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܐܘܢܗܘܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܐܘܢܗܝܢ	ܣܐܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܡܣܐܢܐ
• ܡܛܪܬܐ
• ܛܪܡܝܣܝܬܐ
• ܨܘܠܬܐ

References

• “sˀwn”, 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. 217a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 356b
• 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. 958a