שַׁנְיָא, שַׁנְיָיא f. (שְׁנֵי) 1) different, a different thing.—[Targ. Prov. X, 14 שניא some ed., read: שֵׁצְיָא].—Y. Dem. I, 21ᵈ bot. [read] לא ש׳ הוא דבר … הוא וכ׳ it makes no difference, (it is all the same) whether it is a plant the seed of which disappears (must be renewed every year) or &c. Y. Pes. V, 32ᶜ לא ש׳ היא … היא וכ׳ it is all the same whether one slaughters a Passover sacrifice as a peace-offering or the reverse. Ib. X, end, 37ᵈ ש׳ היא it is a different case; a. fr.—[V. שָׁאנֵי, s. v. שְׁנֵי.] —2) strange thing, folly.—Pl. שַׁנְיָן, שַׁנְיָין. Targ. Is. XXX, 10 (h. text מהתלות).