sadda

Maltese

Root
s-d-d
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَدَّة (sadda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsad.da/

Noun

sadda f (plural saddiet)

1. obstruction

Old Norse

Participle

sadda

1. inflection of saddr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• सद्द (Devanagari script)
• সদ্দ (Bengali script)
• සද‍්ද (Sinhalese script)
• သဒ္ဒ or သၻ္ၻ or သၻ်ၻ (Burmese script)
• สทฺท or สัททะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨴ᩠ᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ສທ຺ທ or ສັທທະ (Lao script)
• សទ្ទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄘𑄴𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शब्द (śabda).

Noun

sadda m

1. sound, word
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 11; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बो ति इच्चेसो सद्दो सरे परे क्वचि चकारं पप्पोति

     Sabbo ti icceso saddo sare pare kvaci cakāraṃ pappoti.

     For all 'ti', this sound sometimes becomes 'c' before another vowel.

   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 36:

     62. Tara taraṇasmiṃ thara santharaṇe
     bhara bharaṇasmiṃ phara sampharaṇe
     sara gati-cintā-hiṃsā-sadde
     phura calanādo hara haraṇamhi

     62. Tar for crossing, thar for spreading, / bhar for supporting, phar for pervasion, / sar for motion, thought, crushing and noise, / phur for shaking, har for taking.

Declension

Declension table of "sadda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	saddo	saddā
Accusative (second)	saddaṃ	sadde
Instrumental (third)	saddena	saddehi or saddebhi
Dative (fourth)	saddassa or saddāya or saddatthaṃ	saddānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	saddasmā or saddamhā or saddā	saddehi or saddebhi
Genitive (sixth)	saddassa	saddānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	saddasmiṃ or saddamhi or sadde	saddesu
Vocative (calling)	sadda	saddā

Descendants

• → Burmese: သဒ္ဒါ (sadda)
• → Kannada: ಸದ್ದು (saddu)
• → Khmer: សទ្ទ (sattĕəʼ)
• → Thai: สัท- (sàt-)
  • ⇒ Thai: สัทอักษร (sàt-tá-àk-sɔ̌ɔn)
  • ⇒ Thai: สัทศาสตร์ (sàt-tá-sàat)