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Words EVA shod-
In this post I examine words beginning with shod-:

1. shod (8) A/B,
   
2. shoda (1) B,
   
3. shodaiin (18) A/B,
   
4. shodaim (1) A,
   
5. shodain (3) A/B,
   
6. shodal (3) A,
   
7. shodam (1) A,
   
8. shodan (1) A,
   
9. shodar (1) B,
   
10. shodary (1) A,
    
11. shodody (1) B,
    
12. shodol (3) A,
    
13. shody (45) A/B.
    

The vast majority of words on this list can, in my opinion, transcribe Greek words based on the word σκότος, ὁ/τό – darkness, gloom, dizziness, vertigo:

• shody – sko89 – σκότος or σκότη – its plural neutral;
  
• shodol – sko8oi – σκότοι – masculine plural of σκότος; σκοτοῖ, 3rd sg of σκοτόω/ σκοτῶ – darken, blind; stupefy; make dizzy; Pass., to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo;
  
• shodaiin – sko8aun – σκότων, genitive plural of σκότος; σκοτῶν, masculine present participle of σκοτόω/ σκοτῶ;
  
• shodody – sko8o89 – σκοτώδης – dark; obscure; dizzy;
  
• shodar – sko8ar – σκοτήρ (Byz.) – to darken, to shade; metaph., to obscure;
  
• shodary – sko8ar9 – 1 σκοταρία – nether darkness, generally, gloom, darkness, the dark quarter, i.e. the West (σκοτάδια gr. – darkness, dark) 2 σκοτερός – of persons, in the dark, in secret, secret; of things, dark, the darkness of night, night 3 decl form of σκοτήρ;
  
• shodam – sko8ar… – probably equivalent to the previous word;
  
• shodain – sko8ain – σκοτόειν, infinitive of σκοτόω;
  
• shodaim – sko8air… – decl form of σκοτήρ;
  
• shodan – sko8an – σκοτίαν, decl form dor. of σκότιος – dark, secret or of σκοτία – darkness, gloom; Σκοτιά, epith. of Aphrodite in Egypt;
  
• shodal – sko8ai – read as σκότη/ σκότοι, decl form of σκότος or as σκοτίαι, plural of σκοτία.
  
• Finally, shoda may be the Greek word σκότα – rope, with which the sails of a sailing ship are stretched. This nautical term, derived from the Italian word scotta, is said to be attested since the 15th century*.
  

*Georgios K. Giannakis, Christoforos Charalambakis, Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos – Studies in Greek Lexicography – De Gruyter, 2018, 352 pages