ܣܢܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Biblical Hebrew סְנֶה (sənê). If related to Arabic سَنَا (sanā, “senna”), perhaps from Proto-Semitic *šinn- (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈsan.jɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈsan.jɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈsɑn.jo]

Noun

ܣܢܝܐ • (sanyā) m (plural ܣܢܝܐ (sənayyā))

1. bush, shrub, bramble, thornbush
   • Peshitta, Luke 6:44:

     ܟܠ ܐܝܠܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܢ ܦܐܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܗܘ ܡܬܝܕܥ. ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܠܩܛܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܘܒ̈ܐ ܬܐܢ̈ܐ. ܐܦ ܠܐ ܡܢ ܣܢܝܐ ܩܛܦܝܢ ܥܢܒ̈ܐ.

     koll ʾīlānā ḡêr men pēʾraw[hy] [h]ū meṯīḏaʿ. lā ḡêr lāqṭīn men kubbē ṯêʾnē, ʾāp̄ lā men sanyā qāṭpīn ʿenəḇē.

     For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

   Synonym: ܦܛܠ (pəṭal)

Inflection

Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܢܐ	ܣܢܝܢ
construct	ܣܢܐ	ܣܢܝ
emphatic	ܣܢܝܐ	ܣܢܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܢܝܝ	ܣܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܢܝܟ	ܣܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܢܝܟܝ	ܣܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܢܝܗ	ܣܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܢܝܗ	ܣܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܢܝܢ	ܣܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܢܝܟܘܢ	ܣܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܢܝܟܝܢ	ܣܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܢܝܗܘܢ	ܣܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܢܝܗܝܢ	ܣܢܝܗܝܢ

    declension of ܣܢܝܐ

Derived terms

• ܣܢܝܐ ܕܟܠܒܐ (sanyā ḏə-ḵalbā)

References

• “sny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-01
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 232a
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ܣܢܝܐ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1448
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 315
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 187
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 382a
• 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 1024a