ܫܩܐ

From Aramaic שָׁקָא (šāqā), from Akkadian 𒆸 (sâqu, “to be narrow, skinny, or constricted”); compare Arabic سَاق (sāq), Hebrew שׁוֹק (shok) and Armenian շեք (šekʻ). Doublet of ܫܘܼܩܵܐ (šūqā, “market”)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːqɑː]

ܫܵܩܵܐ • (šāqā) f sg (plural ܫܵܩܹ̈ܐ (šāqē) or ܫܵܩܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (šāqāṯē))

1. (anatomy) crus, foreleg, shin, shank, thigh; tibia, shinbone; femur, thighbone
2. (figuratively) branch, stem
3. (geometry) side of a triangle
4. tongue of a shoe
5. line, verse
6. A piece of the traditional Assyrian male garment worn on the shank

• ܫܵܪܘܿܩܵܐ (šārōqā, “stem”)

Compare Arabic سَاق (sāq) and Hebrew שׁוֹק (šōq).

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqɑ], [ʃaqqɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqe], [ʃaqqe] (plural)

ܫܩܐ • (šāqā) c (plural ܫܩܐ (šāqē))

1. (anatomy) crus, foreleg, shin, shank, thigh; tibia, shinbone; femur, thighbone
2. greave, legging
3. branch, stem
4. (figuratively) stem, stock, lineage, race
5. division, limb
6. (geometry) side of a triangle
7. tongue (of a shoe)
8. line, verse

• → Armenian: շեք (šekʻ)

Possibly from Ancient Greek σηκός (sēkós).

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqe] (plural)

ܫܩܐ • (šāqā) f (plural ܫܩܐ (šāqē))

1. mound of earth

   Synonym: ܩܒܪܐ

2. sarcophagus

   Synonyms: ܢܘܫܐ, ܓܘܪܢܐ

3. (by extension) morgue

• IPA^(key): [ʃqe]

ܫܩܐ • (šqē)

1. absolute singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šeqyā, “canal, irrigation”)
2. construct state singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šeqyā, “canal, irrigation”)

• IPA^(key): [ʃɑqe]

ܫܩܐ • (šāqē)

1. absolute singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šāqyā, “cupbearer”)
2. construct state singular of ܫܩܝܐ (šāqyā, “cupbearer”)

• “šq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2010-11-21
• “šqˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2010-11-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 363b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 592b-593a
• 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 1592b

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ܫܳܩܳܐ • (šoqo) f (plural ܫܳܩܶܐ (šoqe))

1. (anatomy) leg