Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܫ-ܢ-ܐ
1 term

Pronunciation 1

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  • IPA(key): [ʃɛnjɑ], [ʃ(ə)nɑjɑ]

Noun

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ܫܢܝܐ (šenyā, šnāyām(uncountable)

  1. madness, insanity
  2. frenzy
  3. infatuation
Inflection
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Pronunciation 2

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  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑjɑ], [ʃannɑjɑ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)nɑje], [ʃannɑje] (plural)

Adjective

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ܫܢܝܐ (šənāyā, šannāyām (plural ܫܢܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܫܢܝܬܐ)

  1. mad, insane
  2. frantic
  3. infatuated
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܫܢܝܐ (šənayyā)

  1. emphatic plural of ܫܢܬܐ (šantā)

References

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  • šny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • šny”, 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 374a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 587b
  • 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 1580a