שיתא

Aramaic

**Aramaic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : שיתא (šittā) Ordinal : שתיתי (šətitai)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šidṯatum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃit.ˈtɑ/
IPA^(key): /ʃi.ˈtɔ/

Numeral

שִׁיתָּא • (šittā) m (feminine שִׁיתְּ (šit))

six (6)
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Berachot, 20a:
  בִּשְׁנֵי דְרַב יְהוּדָה כּוּלֵּי תַּנּוֹיֵי בִּנְזִיקִין הֲוָה, וַאֲנַן קָא מַתְנִינַן שִׁיתָּא סִדְרֵי!
  Bi-šnēi dhə-rav Yəhudhå kullēi tanoyēi bi-nəziqin hăwå, wa-ănan qå mathninan šitta sidhrēi!
  In the years of Rav Yehuda all of their learning was in the tractate Nezikin, and as for us, we finish all six tractates!

Descendants

Classical Syriac: ܫܬܐ (šətā)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܫܬܵܐ (ištā)

References

“št”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “שִׁיתָּא”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons