ܨܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܨ ܕ ܐ (ṣ d ˀ)
1 term

Compare Arabic صَدِئَ (ṣadiʔa).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sˤɑːðeː]

Verb

ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (ṣāḏē) (present participle ܨܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (ṣḏāyā), past participle ܨܸܕ݂ܝܵܐ (ṣiḏyā))

1. (intransitive) to be/become rusty or oxidized
2. (intransitive) to joke, joke around, amuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܝܼ (ṣḏē lī)	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (ṣḏē lūḵ)	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ (ṣḏē lēh)	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܲܢ (ṣḏē lan)	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṣḏē lāwḵōn)	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ (ṣḏē lhōn)
	f		ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (ṣḏē lāḵ)	ܨܕ݂ܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ (ṣḏē lāh)
non-past	m	ܨܵܕ݂ܹܝܢ (ṣāḏēn)	ܨܵܕ݂ܹܝܬ (ṣāḏēt)	ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē)	ܨܵܕ݂ܲܚ (ṣāḏaḥ)	ܨܵܕ݂ܹܝܬܘܿܢ (ṣāḏētōn)	ܨܵܕ݂ܝܼ (ṣāḏī)
	f	ܨܵܕ݂ܝܵܢ (ṣāḏyān)	ܨܵܕ݂ܝܵܬܝ (ṣāḏyāt)	ܨܵܕ݂ܝܵܐ (ṣāḏyā)
imperative	m		ܨܕ݂ܝܼ (ṣḏī)			ܨܕ݂ܹܝܡܘܼܢ (ṣḏēmūn)
	f		ܨܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣḏē)

Etymology 2

Ultimately derived from Phoenician [Term?] (literally “fisher’s hook”); compare Hebrew צָדִי (tzádi) and Arabic صَاد (ṣād).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sˤɑːðeː]

Noun

ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ • (ṣāḏē) f

1. tsade (the eighteenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ܨ
• (Assyrian letter names) ܐܵܠܲܦ (ālap), ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ), ܓܵܡܲܠ (gāmal), ܕܵܠܲܬ݂ (dālaṯ), ܗܹܐ (hē), ܘܲܘ (waw), ܙܹܝܢ (zēn), ܚܹܝܬ݂ (ḥēṯ), ܛܹܝܬ݂ (ṭēṯ), ܝܘܿܕ݂ (yōḏ), ܟܲܦ (kap), ܠܵܡܲܕ݂ (lāmaḏ), ܡܝܼܡ (mīm), ܢܘܼܢ (nūn), ܣܸܡܟܲܬ݂ (simkaṯ), ܥܹܐ (ˁē), ܦܹܐ (pē), ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē), ܩܘܿܦ (qōp), ܪܹܝܫ (rēš), ܫܝܼܢ (šīn), ܬܲܘ (taw), ^{(Category: aii:Assyrian letter names)}