ܣܦܣܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Manichaean Parthian 𐫘𐫜𐫘𐫏𐫡 (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] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [safse(j)re] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܣܝܪܐ • (sap̄sērāf (plural ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sērē))

  1. sword, dagger, blade

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܦܣܝܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܦܣܝܪ 1st person ܣܦܣܝܪܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܢ
construct ܣܦܣܝܪ 2nd person ܣܦܣܝܪܟ ܣܦܣܝܪܟܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܟܘܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܦܣܝܪܐ 3rd person ܣܦܣܝܪܗ ܣܦܣܝܪܗ ܣܦܣܝܪܗܘܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܦܣܝܪܝܢ 1st person ܣܦܣܝܪܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܢ
construct ܣܦܣܝܪܝ 2nd person ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܘܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܦܣܝܪܐ 3rd person ܣܦܣܝܪܘܗܝ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗܘܢ ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References

  • spsyr”, 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 234a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 1032b