ܫܕܪ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܕ-ܪ (š-d-r) related to sending; compare Arabic سَدَرَ (sadara), Hebrew שִׁדֵּר (šiddēr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʃad.dar]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃad.dar]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʃɑˈdɑr]

Verb

ܫܕܪ • (šaddar) (imperfect ܢܫܕܪ (nəšaddar)) (pael construction)

1. to send, send out, dispatch
2. to send back
3. to dismiss, release, let go
4. to throw
5. (with ܒܬܪ (bāṯar)) to send for, summon
6. to relegate
7. (with ܢܘܪܐ (nūrā, “fire”)) to set on fire

References

• ܫܕܪ in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
• “šdr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-18
• Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 547b
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 360b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 561a
• 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 1514b