ܣܟܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (/⁠sikkānu⁠/, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (/⁠zigan⁠/, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”). This is related to or possibly conflated with the Semitic ܫ-ܟ-ܢ (š-k-n) meaning to stay in place, to be held at rest, and with the Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (/⁠sikkatu⁠/, “peg, nail, a lock or pin broach, cone, wedge, pyramid, pinnacle, plowshare”) present in ܣܟܬܐ (sekkǝṯā, “peg, nail, spike; ploughshare; coin stamp”). Compare Arabic سِكِّين (sikkīn) and Hebrew סַכִּין (sakkī́n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sakkinɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sakkine], [sakkinɑθɑ], [sakkinjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܣܟܝܢܐ • (sakkīnā) f (plural ܣܟܝܢܝܬܐ (sakkīnyāṯā) or ܣܟܝܢܬܐ (sakkīnāṯā) or ܣܟܝܢܐ (sakkīne))

1. knife, dagger

Inflection

    declension of ܣܟܝܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܟܝܢ	ܣܟܝܢܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܢ
construct	ܣܟܝܢ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬ ,ܣܟܝܢܬ ,ܣܟܝܢܝ
emphatic	ܣܟܝܢܐ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܐ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܐ ,ܣܟܝܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܟܝܢܝ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܝ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܝ ,ܣܟܝܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܟܝܢܟ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܟ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܟ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܟܝܢܟܝ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܟܝ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܟܝ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܟܝܢܗ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܗ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܗ ,ܣܟܝܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܟܝܢܗ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܗ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܗ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܟܝܢܢ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܟܝܢܟܘܢ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܟܘܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܟܝܢܟܝܢ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܟܝܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܟܝܢܗܘܢ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܗܘܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܟܝܢܗܝܢ	ܣܟܝܢܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܬܗܝܢ ,ܣܟܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: سِكَّين, سِكِّينَة (sikkīna)
  • Gulf Arabic: سچين (siččīn)
• → Hebrew: סכין

References

• “skyn”, 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 228a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 377a
• 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 1009a