# ܫܢܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Aramaic שֵׁנָא (šennā), from Proto-Semitic *šinn-, but fossilized in the verb ܨܵܐܹܪ ܫܸܢܵܢܹ̈ܗ ܠܓܸܚܟܵܐ (ṣāˀēr šinnānēh lgiḥkā, “to smile (of a baby)”) in dialect of Ashitha and in the below proper noun as the name of a mountain with a cliff at its summit. The effective usage is then a Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac. The noun also survives in Turoyo ܫܶܢܐ (šeno, “steep rock”) and in at least one Turoyo dialect with the meaning of “molar tooth”. Compare Akkadian 𒅗 (šinnum), Arabic سِنّ (sinn) and Hebrew שֵׁן (shén).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʃɪn.nɑː]

#### Noun

ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ • (šinnē) m sg (plural ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnē) or ܫܸܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ (šinnānē))
* (anatomy) tooth, fang, tusk
* rocky crag, steep cliff, mountain peak
* (anatomy) axis, epistropheus
* tooth (of a fork), prong, spike

##### Inflection
#### Proper noun

ܫܸܢܵܐ • (šinnā) ?
* name of a mountain in Hakkari

##### See also

* ܟܹܟܵܐ (kēkā)

### Etymology 2

From the older form *ܫܢܹܐ (*šnē). Compare Turoyo ܐܷܫ̈ܢܶܐ (ëšne), Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ (šənayyā).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʃɪn.neː]

#### Noun

ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ • (šinnē) f pl
* plural of ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šēttā, “year”)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *šinn-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃɛnnɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [ʃɛnne], [ʃɛnnɑθɑ] (plural)

#### Noun

ܫܢܐ • (šennā) c (plural ܫܢܢܬܐ (šennənāṯā) or ܫܢܬܐ (šennāṯā) or ܫܢܐ (šennē))
* tooth, fang, tusk
* axis, epistropheus
* ivory
* tooth (of a fork), prong, spike
* rocky crag, steep cliff, mountain peak
* age, era

##### Usage notes

Usually, the plural ܫܢܐ (šennē) is used for the literal sense of “teeth” while the plurals ܫܢܬܐ (šennāṯā) and ܫܢܢܬܐ (šennənāṯā) are used for figurative senses.

##### See also

* ܟܟܐ (kakkā)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَنَاء (sanāʔ, “eminence, highness”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃannɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [ʃanne] (plural)

#### Noun

ܫܢܐ • (šannā) m (plural ܫܢܐ (šannē))
* sublimity, great honour

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃ(ə)nɑ]

#### Noun

ܫܢܐ • (šənā)
* absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ (šantā, “year”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃɛnnɑ]

#### Noun

ܫܢܐ • (šennā)
* absolute singular of ܫܢܬܐ (šennəṯā, “sleep”)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃ(ə)ne]

#### Noun

ܫܢܐ • (šnē)
* absolute singular of ܫܢܝܐ (šenyā, “madness”)
* construct state singular of ܫܢܝܐ (šenyā, “madness”)

### References

* “šn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 789a
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 374a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 586a–587a
* 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 1577b