ܣܟܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܟ ܟ (s k k)
1 term

Inherited from Aramaic סֶכְּתָא (sekkəṯā), from Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum); cognate with Arabic سِكَّة (sikka) and Hebrew סִכָּה (siká).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sɪkkəθɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [sɪt͡ʃ.tɑː]

Noun

ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ • (sikṯā) f (plural ܣܸܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkē) or ܣܸܟܵܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkākē))

1. pin, peg, pole

   Synonyms: ܒܘܼܩܠܵܐ (buqlā), ܙܵܩܝܼܦܬܵܐ (zāqīptā)

2. nail, stake, wedge

   Synonyms: ܨܸܨܵܐ (ṣiṣṣā), ܐܸܣܦܹܝܢܵܐ (ispēnā)

3. tails; reverse side of a coin

   Antonym: ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܸܟܬܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܸܟܵܐ (sikkā)		1st person	ܣܸܟܬܝܼ (siktī)		ܣܸܟܬܲܢ (siktan)
	construct	ܣܸܟܲܬ݂ (sikkaṯ)		2nd person	ܣܸܟܬܘܼܟ݂ (siktōḵ)	ܣܸܟܬܵܟ݂ܝ (siktāḵ)	ܣܸܟܬܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (siktawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܸܟܬܵܐ (siktā)		3rd person	ܣܸܟܬܹܗ (siktēh)	ܣܸܟܬܵܗ̇ (siktāh)	ܣܸܟܬܗܘܿܢ (sikthōn)
plural	absolute	ܣܸܟܝܼ̈ܢ (sikīn)		1st person	ܣܸܟܝܼ̈ (sikī)		ܣܸܟܲܢ̈ (sikkan)
	construct	ܣܸܟܲܝ̈ (sikkay)		2nd person	ܣܸܟܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sikōḵ)	ܣܸܟܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sikkāḵ)	ܣܸܟܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sikkawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܣܸܟܹ̈ܐ (sikkē)		3rd person	ܣܸܟܘܼ̈ܗܝ (sikūh)	ܣܸܟܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (sikkōh)	ܣܸܟܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (sikkayhōn)

Derived terms

• ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܦܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (sikṯā dpḏānā, “plowshare”)
• ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܦܪܸܙܠܵܐ (sikṯā dprizlā, “railroad, railway, railroad track”)
• ܪܹܝܫܵܐ ܝܲܢ ܣܸܟܬ݂ܵܐ (rēšā yan sikṯā, “heads or tails”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum). Cognate with Arabic سِكَّة (sikka) and Hebrew סִכָּה (sikkā́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛk(kə)θɑ]

Noun

ܣܟܬܐ • (sekkǝṯā) f (plural ܣܟܐ (sekkē))

1. pin, peg, pole
2. nail, stake
3. wedge
4. splinter
5. ploughshare
6. (pathology) wart

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܟܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܟܐ		1st person	ܣܟܬܝ		ܣܟܬܢ
	construct	ܣܟܬ		2nd person	ܣܟܬܟ	ܣܟܬܟܝ	ܣܟܬܟܝܢ	ܣܟܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܟܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܟܬܗ	ܣܟܬܗ	ܣܟܬܗܘܢ	ܣܟܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܟܝܢ		1st person	ܣܟܝ		ܣܟܝܢ
	construct	ܣܟܝ		2nd person	ܣܟܝܟ	ܣܟܝܟܝ	ܣܟܝܟܘܢ	ܣܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܟܐ		3rd person	ܣܟܘܗܝ	ܣܟܝܗ	ܣܟܝܗܘܢ	ܣܟܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• Arabic: سِكَّة (sikka)

References

• “skh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 30 November 2011
• 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 378a
• 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, →ISBN, page 1012a