ܫܡܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Root
ܫ ܡ ܢ
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmonɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑmone] (plural)

Noun

ܫܡܘܢܐ • (šāmōnā) m (plural ܫܡܘܢܐ (šāmōnē))

1. small coin: penny, quadrans, farthing, obolus

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܡܘܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܡܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܢ
construct	ܫܡܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝ
emphatic	ܫܡܘܢܐ	ܫܡܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܡܘܢܝ	ܫܡܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟܝ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܡܘܢܗ	ܫܡܘܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܡܘܢܗ	ܫܡܘܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܡܘܢܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟܝܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܡܘܢܗܘܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܡܘܢܗܝܢ	ܫܡܘܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَامُونَة (šāmūna), شَامُونَا (šāmūnā), شَامُونَاء (šāmūnāʔ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)munɑ]

Noun

ܫܡܘܢܐ • (šəmūnā) m (uncountable)

1. sadness, depression

Inflection

    declension of ܫܡܘܢܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܫܡܘܢ
construct	ܫܡܘܢ
emphatic	ܫܡܘܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܡܘܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܡܘܢܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܡܘܢܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܡܘܢܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܡܘܢܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܡܘܢܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܡܘܢܗܝܢ

References

• “šmwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 372a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 583b
• 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 1571a