ܣܗܕܐ

Active participle of ܣܵܗܹܕ (sāhēd, “to witness, to testify”); cognate to Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid). The second meaning is a Calque of Ancient Greek μᾰ́ρτῠς (mártus).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sɑːhədɑː]

ܣܵܗܕܵܐ • (sāhdā) m sg (plural ܣܵܗܕܹ̈ܐ (sāhdē), feminine ܣܵܗܸܕܬܵܐ (sāhidtā))

1. witness
   • Acts 1:8:

     ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܩܲܒܠܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܚܲܝܠܵܐ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܐܵܬܹܐ ܪܘܼܚܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܘܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܬܘܿܢ ܣܵܗܕܹ̈ܐ ܐܸܠܝܼ، ܓܵܘ ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܸܡ، ܓܵܘ ܟܠܵܗ̇ ܝܼܗܘܼܕ، ܓܵܘ ܫܵܡܪܝܼܢ، ܘܗܲܠ ܡܲܪ̈ܙܵܢܹܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ.

     īnā bit qablītōn ḥaylā īman d-ātē rūḥā d-qudšā ˁallāwḵōn, w-bit hāwētōn sāhdē ilī, gāw ōrišlim, gāw kullāh īhūd, gāw šāmrīn, w-hal marzānē d-arˁā.

     But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

2. martyr

• ܣܵܗܕܘܼܬܵܐ (sāhdūtā, “witness, martyrdom”)

ܣܵܗܕܵܐ • (sāhdā) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname transferred from the given name

From the root ܣ-ܗ-ܕ (s-h-d) related to testifying. Compare Arabic شَاهِد (šāhid).

• IPA^(key): [sɑh(ə)ðɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑh(ə)ðe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܣܗܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܗܕܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܣܗܕܬܐ)

1. witness
2. martyr

• “shd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 221b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 362b
• 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, p. 973b