ܣܦܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic סִפְתָא (sip̄ṯā), from Proto-Semitic *śapat-; compare Arabic شَفَة (šafa), Hebrew שָׂפָה (safá) and Akkadian 𒅻 (šaptum).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ • (sipṯā) f (plural ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipwāṯā) or ܣܸ̈ܦܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sippāṯā) or ܣܸ̈ܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipyāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܸܦܵܐ (sippā) | 1st person | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܝܼ (sipṯī) | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܲܢ (sipṯan) | |||
| construct | ܣܸܦܲܬ݂ (sippaṯ) | 2nd person | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (sipṯōḵ) | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (sipṯāḵ) | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sipṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ (sipṯā) | 3rd person | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܹܗ (sipṯēh) | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (sipṯāh) | ܣܸܦܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (sipṯhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܸܦܘܵܢ̈ (sipwān) | 1st person | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (sipwāṯī) | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (sipwāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂̈ (sipwāṯ) | 2nd person | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sipwāṯōḵ) | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sipwāṯāḵ) | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sipwāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipwāṯā) | 3rd person | ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (sipwāṯēh) | ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (sipwāṯāh) | ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (sipwāṯhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipwāṯā zˁōrāṯā)
- ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܪ̈ܲܒܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipwāṯā rabbāṯā)
- ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ (sipṯā d-yāmā)
- ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܢܲܗܪܵܐ (sipṯā d-nahrā)
- ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܢܵܐ (sipṯānā)
- ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (sipṯānāyā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *śapat-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɛf(ə)θɑ]
Noun
ܣܦܬܐ • (sefṯaʾ) f (plural ܣܦܘܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܦܐ | 1st person | ܣܦܬܝ | ܣܦܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܬ | 2nd person | ܣܦܬܟ | ܣܦܬܟܝ | ܣܦܬܟܘܢ | ܣܦܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܣܦܬܗ | ܣܦܬܗ | ܣܦܬܗܘܢ | ܣܦܬܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܦܘܢ | 1st person | ܣܦܘܬܝ | ܣܦܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܘܬ | 2nd person | ܣܦܘܬܟ | ܣܦܘܬܟܝ | ܣܦܘܬܟܘܢ | ܣܦܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܘܬܗ | ܣܦܘܬܗ | ܣܦܘܬܗܘܢ | ܣܦܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
Adverb
ܣܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed)
References
- “sph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 233a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 385a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 1036a