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))
- 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