ܫܬܐ

From Aramaic שְׁתָּא (šətā); compare Hebrew שָׁתָה (shatá), Akkadian 𒅘 (šatû) and Arabic شَتَّى (šattā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːθeː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːteː]
• (Bohtan) IPA^(key): [ʃoːteː]

ܫܵܬ݂ܹܐ • (šāṯē) (present participle ܫܬܵܝܵܐ (štāyā), past participle ܫܸܬ݂ܝܵܐ (šiṯyā))

1. to drink

   ܐܸܢ ܨܵܗܹܝܬ، ܫܬܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ. ― in ṣāhēt, štī ḥačā mayyā. ― If you get thirsty, drink some water.

   ܟܹܐ ܫܵܬ݂ܹܝܢ ܟܵܣܵܐ ܕܥܨܵܪ ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ ܘܦܸܢܓܵܢܵܐ ܕܩܲܗܘܵܐ ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ.

   kē šāṯēn kāsā d-ˁṣār purtqālā w-pingānā d-qahwā b-ṣaprā.

   I drink a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee in the morning.

2. to drink alcohol

   ܠܵܐ ܫܵܬ݂ܹܝܬ ܘܛܵܪܹܝܬ! ― lā šāṯēt w-ṭārēt! ― Don’t drink and drive!

3. to smoke (a cigarette, hookah, etc.)

   Synonyms: ܓܵܪܹܫ (gārēš), ܡܕܲܚܸܢ (mdaḥḥin)

4. to take a drug (recreational or medical)

• ܪܵܘܹܐ (rāwē, “to get drunk, intoxicated”)
• ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ (āḵēl, “to eat”)

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): /ˈʃə.tɑ/, [ˈʃ(ə.)tɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃtɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʃto]

As per normal Syriac phonological rules, the voiceless alveolar stop (/t/) spirantizes into a fricative, the voiceless dental (/θ/). However, it dissimilates back into a stop due to being adjacent to the voiceless postalveolar fricative (/ʃ/).

Compare Hebrew שָָׁתָה (shatá) and Arabic شَتَّى (šattā).

ܫܬܐ • (šətā) (peal construction)

1. to drink

• ܪܘܐ (rəwā)

From Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-.

• ܐܫܬܐ (ʾeštā)

ܫܬܐ • (šətā) m

1. six (6)

• ܫܬ (šeṯ)

• Syriac ܐܫܬ (ʾšt)
• Syriac ܐܫܬܗ (ʾšth)
• Manichaean 𐫙𐫢𐫤 (ʿšt)

From Proto-Iranian *Haštā́.

ܫܬܐ (štʾ)

1. eight

From Aramaic ܫܢܬܐ (šantā).

• IPA^(key): /ʃato/

ܫܰܬܳܐ • (šato) f (plural ܐܷܫܢܶܐ (ëšne))

1. year

• ܝܰܪܚܳܐ (yarḥo, “month”)
• ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ (šabṯo, “week”)
• ܝܰܘܡܳܐ (yawmo, “day”)
• ܣܰܥܰܐ (saca, “hour”), ܫܳܥܬ݂ܳܐ (šocṯo, “hour”)
• ܕܰܩܩܰܐ (daqqa, “minute”), ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ (qaṭënto, “minute”)
• ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ (ṣaniye, “second”), ܪܦܳܦܳܐ (rfofo, “second”)