ܣܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic شَفَة‎ (šafa), Hebrew שָׂפָה‎ (śāp̄ā), and Egyptian spt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɛf(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܣܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܘܬܐ‎)

  1. (anatomy) lip
  2. snout, trunk
  3. brim, rim
  4. border, edge, ledge
  5. (geography) brink, shore, coast

Inflection
    declension of ܣܦܬܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܣܦܐ ܣܦܘܢ
construct ܣܦܬ ܣܦܘܬ
emphatic ܣܦܬܐ ܣܦܘܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܣܦܬܝ ܣܦܘܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܣܦܬܟ ܣܦܘܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܣܦܬܟܝ ܣܦܘܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܣܦܬܗ ܣܦܘܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܣܦܬܗ ܣܦܘܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܣܦܬܢ ܣܦܘܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܣܦܬܟܘܢ ܣܦܘܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܣܦܬܟܝܢ ܣܦܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܣܦܬܗܘܢ ܣܦܘܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܣܦܬܗܝܢ ܣܦܘܬܗܝܢ

Adverb

ܣܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. (in the absolute state) fully, entirely

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, p. 233a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 1036a
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