ܫܝܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃeːx]

Noun

ܫܹܝܟ݂ • (šēḵm (plural ܫܲܝ̈ܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šayḵawwāṯā))

  1. sheik

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܹܝܟ݂
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܫܹܝܟ݂ (šēḵ) 1st person ܫܹܝܟ݂ܝܼ (šēḵī) ܫܹܝܟ݂ܲܢ (šēḵan)
construct ܫܹܝܟ݂ (šēḵ) 2nd person ܫܹܝܟ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (šēḵōḵ) ܫܹܝܟ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (šēḵāḵ) ܫܹܝܟ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šēḵawḵōn)
emphatic ܫܹܝܟ݂ (šēḵ) 3rd person ܫܹܝܟ݂ܹܗ (šēḵēh) ܫܹܝܟ݂ܵܗ̇ (šēḵāh) ܫܹܝܟ݂ܗܘܿܢ (šēḵhōn)
plural absolute ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܢ̈ (šayḵawwān) 1st person ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (šayḵawwāṯī) ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (šayḵawwāṯan)
construct ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂̈ (šayḵawwāṯ) 2nd person ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (šayḵawwāṯōḵ) ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (šayḵawwāṯāḵ) ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šayḵawwāṯawḵōn)
emphatic ܫܲܝ̈ܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šayḵawwāṯā) 3rd person ܫܲܝ̈ܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (šayḵawwāṯēh) ܫܲܝ̈ܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (šayḵawwāṯāh) ܫܲܝܟ݂ܲܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (šayḵawwāṯhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃajk/, [ʃajx]

Noun

ܫܝܟ • (šayḵm (plural ܫܝܟܘܬܐ)

  1. sheik

References

  • šyk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 26 June 2011
  • Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 366b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 574b
  • 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 1552a