ܣܦܣܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Manichaean Parthian sfsyr‎ (safsēr, “sword”). Compare Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”), Persian شمشیر‎ (šamšir), and Ancient Greek σαμψήρα (sampsḗra, “foreign sword”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [safse(j)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [safse(j)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܣܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܣܝܪܐ)

  1. sword, dagger, blade

Inflection
    declension of ܣܦܣܝܪܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܣܦܣܝܪ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܢ
construct ܣܦܣܝܪ ܣܦܣܝܪܝ
emphatic ܣܦܣܝܪܐ ܣܦܣܝܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܣܦܣܝܪܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܣܦܣܝܪܟ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܣܦܣܝܪܟܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܣܦܣܝܪܗ ܣܦܣܝܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܣܦܣܝܪܗ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܣܦܣܝܪܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܣܦܣܝܪܟܘܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܣܦܣܝܪܟܝܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܣܦܣܝܪܗܘܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܣܦܣܝܪܗܝܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References
  • “spsyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 234a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 386a
  • 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, p. 1032b
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