ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܘܬܦܐ (šawtāp̄ā, partner), from Akkadian 𒋗𒋰 (šutāpu [ŠU.TAB]) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃawtɑfuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃawtɑfwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ)

  1. participation, communion
  2. partnership, fellowship, association
  3. communicating, intercourse
  4. copulation, sexual intercourse
  5. matrimony, marriage
  6. donation, charitable contribution
  7. (grammar) participle

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܠܐ ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ
  • ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ ܕܐܝܕܐ

Proper noun

ܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ (transliteration needed) f

  1. (Christianity) Holy Communion

References

  • šwtpw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-22
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 364a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 570a
  • 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. 1540a
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