ܪܦܫܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic رَفْش (rafš). The sense of “winnowing fan, winnowing basket” is a calque from Akkadian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rafʃɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [rafʃe] (plural)
Noun
ܪܦܫܐ • (rap̄šā) m (plural ܪܦܫܐ)
Usage notes
This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܦܫ | 1st person | ܪܦܫܝ | ܪܦܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܦܫ | 2nd person | ܪܦܫܟ | ܪܦܫܟܝ | ܪܦܫܟܘܢ | ܪܦܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܦܫܐ | 3rd person | ܪܦܫܗ | ܪܦܫܗ | ܪܦܫܗܘܢ | ܪܦܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܦܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܪܦܫܝ | ܪܦܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܦܫܝ | 2nd person | ܪܦܫܝܟ | ܪܦܫܝܟܝ | ܪܦܫܝܟܘܢ | ܪܦܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܦܫܐ | 3rd person | ܪܦܫܘܗܝ | ܪܦܫܝܗ | ܪܦܫܝܗܘܢ | ܪܦܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
- (shoulder): ܟܬܦܐ (kaṯpā)
References
- “rpš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 8 June 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 352a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 548a
- 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 1486a