Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܣ ܘ ܟ (s w k)
4 terms

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [sɑːxɑː]

Noun

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ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ (sāḵām sg (plural ܣܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ (sāḵē))

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

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [sɪkkeː]

Noun

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ܣܸܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ (sikṯā)

Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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ܣܟܐ (sāḵām (plural ܣܟܐ (sāḵē))

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

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ܣܟܐ (sāḵā)

  1. absolutely, at all
  2. entirely

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ܣܟܐ (sekkē)

  1. emphatic plural of ܣܟܬܐ (sekkǝṯā)

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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ܣܟܐ (sekkā)

  1. absolute singular of ܣܟܬܐ (sekkǝṯā)

Pronunciation 2

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References

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  • 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