سادن

Arabic

Etymology

Formally derived from the active participle سَدَنَ (sadana, “to serve, to act as a chamberlain for”), although the meaning of this verb seems denominal. Apparently cognate to Hatran Aramaic 𐣴𐣣𐣭𐣭𐣠 (šdnʾ, “overseer”). The vowel variation in سَدْن (sadn), سِدْن (sidn), سَدَن (sadan), سَدَان (sadān, “curtain, veil”) may point to an Aramaic borrowing of a meaning of covering and unveiling, but it may also be not related to an idea of keeping something behind a veil, for سَدَنَ (sadana) also means “to let down” like سَدَلَ (sadala), to which also سِدْل (sidl), سُدْل (sudl, “curtain, veil”), so that the office may be “someone who lets people go down or lets them loose”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saː.din/

Noun

سَادِن • (sādin) m (plural سَدَنَة (sadana))

  1. keeper, doorholder, curator, chamberlain, sacristan, saden

Declension
Declension of noun سَادِن (sādin)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَادِن
sādin		 السَّادِن
as-sādin		 سَادِن
sādin
Nominative سَادِنٌ
sādinun		 السَّادِنُ
as-sādinu		 سَادِنُ
sādinu
Accusative سَادِنًا
sādinan		 السَّادِنَ
as-sādina		 سَادِنَ
sādina
Genitive سَادِنٍ
sādinin		 السَّادِنِ
as-sādini		 سَادِنِ
sādini
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَادِنَيْن
sādinayn		 السَّادِنَيْن
as-sādinayn		 سَادِنَيْ
sādinay
Nominative سَادِنَانِ
sādināni		 السَّادِنَانِ
as-sādināni		 سَادِنَا
sādinā
Accusative سَادِنَيْنِ
sādinayni		 السَّادِنَيْنِ
as-sādinayni		 سَادِنَيْ
sādinay
Genitive سَادِنَيْنِ
sādinayni		 السَّادِنَيْنِ
as-sādinayni		 سَادِنَيْ
sādinay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَدَنَة
sadana		 السَّدَنَة
as-sadana		 سَدَنَة
sadanat
Nominative سَدَنَةٌ
sadanatun		 السَّدَنَةُ
as-sadanatu		 سَدَنَةُ
sadanatu
Accusative سَدَنَةً
sadanatan		 السَّدَنَةَ
as-sadanata		 سَدَنَةَ
sadanata
Genitive سَدَنَةٍ
sadanatin		 السَّدَنَةِ
as-sadanati		 سَدَنَةِ
sadanati

References
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سادن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1335
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سادن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 470
  • “šdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Hoftijzer, J, Jongeling, K. (1995) Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, pages 1111–1112
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