ܝܫܦܐ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܝܫܦܗ
Etymology
From Aramaic ישפה, from Akkadian 𒉌𒌓𒅀𒀸𒁍 (/yašpû/, “name of a stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jaʃpɑ]
Noun
ܝܫܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)
- (mineralogy) jasper
- Synonym: ܩܲܪܢܵܢܵܝܵܐ (qarnānāyā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܫܦ | 1st person | ܝܫܦܝ | ܝܫܦܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܫܦ | 2nd person | ܝܫܦܟ | ܝܫܦܟܝ | ܝܫܦܟܘܢ | ܝܫܦܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܫܦܐ | 3rd person | ܝܫܦܗ | ܝܫܦܗ | ܝܫܦܗܘܢ | ܝܫܦܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “yšph”, 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 146a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 198b
- 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 586b