ܣܘܦܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܘ ܦ (s w p) |
| 4 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic סוֹפָא (sōp̄ā), derived from ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ (sipṯā, “lip”); compare also borrowed into Hebrew סוֹף (sóf, “end”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [saw.pɑː]
Noun
ܣܲܘܦܵܐ • (sawpā) m (plural ܣܲܘܦܹ̈ܐ (sawpē))
- edge, spatial end, limit, bound
- extreme, greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
- ܡܸܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܣܲܘܦܵܐ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ.
- min ḥa sawpā l-ḥa ḥēnā.
- From one extreme to another.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܿܦ (sōp) | 1st person | ܣܲܘܦܝܼ (sawpī) | ܣܲܘܦܲܢ (sawpan) | |||
| construct | ܣܘܿܦ (sōp) | 2nd person | ܣܲܘܦܘܼܟ݂ (sawpōḵ) | ܣܲܘܦܵܟ݂ܝ (sawpāḵ) | ܣܲܘܦܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sawpawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܲܘܦܵܐ (sawpā) | 3rd person | ܣܲܘܦܹܗ (sawpēh) | ܣܲܘܦܵܗ̇ (sawpāh) | ܣܲܘܦܗܘܿܢ (sawphōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܲܘܦܝܼ̈ܢ (sawpīn) | 1st person | ܣܲܘܦܝܼ̈ (sawpī) | ܣܲܘܦܲܢ̈ (sawpan) | |||
| construct | ܣܲܘܦܲܝ̈ (sawpay) | 2nd person | ܣܲܘܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sawpōḵ) | ܣܲܘܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sawpāḵ) | ܣܲܘܦܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sawpawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܲܘܦܹ̈ܐ (sawpē) | 3rd person | ܣܲܘܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (sawpūh) | ܣܲܘܦܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (sawpōh) | ܣܲܘܦܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (sawpayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܣܦܬܐ (sep̄ṯā, “lip; border, margin, edge”). Forms a root ܣ ܘ ܦ related to ending. Cognate with Aramaic סוֹפָא.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sawpɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sawpe] (plural)
Noun
ܣܘܦܐ • (sawpā) m (plural ܣܘܦܐ (sawpē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܘܦ | 1st person | ܣܘܦܝ | ܣܘܦܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܦ | 2nd person | ܣܘܦܟ | ܣܘܦܟܝ | ܣܘܦܟܘܢ | ܣܘܦܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܦܐ | 3rd person | ܣܘܦܗ | ܣܘܦܗ | ܣܘܦܗܘܢ | ܣܘܦܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܘܦܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܘܦܝ | ܣܘܦܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܘܦܝ | 2nd person | ܣܘܦܝܟ | ܣܘܦܝܟܝ | ܣܘܦܝܟܘܢ | ܣܘܦܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܘܦܐ | 3rd person | ܣܘܦܘܗܝ | ܣܘܦܝܗ | ܣܘܦܝܗܘܢ | ܣܘܦܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “swp”, 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 225a,
- Haupt, Paul (1917) “Syriac sífṯâ, lip, and sáu̮pâ, end”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research[1], volume 1, page 92
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 369b
- 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 987b