Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Akkadian 𒋗𒉡𒌋 (/⁠šunû⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃuːnɑjɑ], [ʃunjɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃuːnɑje], [ʃunje] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܘܢܝܐ (šūnāyām (plural ܫܘܢܝܐ (šūnāyē))

  1. chaste tree
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܫ-ܢ-ܐ (š-n-ʾ) related to displacing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃunnɑjɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃunnɑje] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܘܢܝܐ (šunnāyām (plural ܫܘܢܝܐ (šunnāyē))

  1. change, transfer, transition, vicissitude
  2. leaving, parting
  3. moving, departure, migration
  4. removal
  5. death
  6. assumption
  7. defection
  8. suppression
  9. translation
  10. (grammar) transitivity
Inflection edit

References edit

  • šwny2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • šwny3”, 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 374b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 566b
  • 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 1530a-b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–494
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 375–376
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 53