ܣܗܕܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܣܗܕܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܗܕܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܗܕܐ)

1. witness
2. martyr

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܗܕܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܗܕܐ		1st person	ܣܗܕܬܝ		ܣܗܕܬܢ
	construct	ܣܗܕܬ		2nd person	ܣܗܕܬܟ	ܣܗܕܬܟܝ	ܣܗܕܬܟܘܢ	ܣܗܕܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܗܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܗܕܬܗ	ܣܗܕܬܗ	ܣܗܕܬܗܘܢ	ܣܗܕܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܗܕܢ		1st person	ܣܗܕܬܢ		ܣܗܕܬܢ
	construct	ܣܗܕܬ		2nd person	ܣܗܕܬܟ	ܣܗܕܬܟܝ	ܣܗܕܬܟܘܢ	ܣܗܕܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܗܕܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܗܕܬܗ	ܣܗܕܬܗ	ܣܗܕܬܗܘܢ	ܣܗܕܬܗܝܢ

References

• “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, page 221b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 973b