ܣܦܪܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܣ ܦ ܪ related to narrating. Compare and Hebrew סוֹפֶרֶת (sōp̄éreṯ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɑfar(ə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sɑfrɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܣܦܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܦܪܐ)
- scribe, writer
- clerk
- lawyer, notary
- master, schoolmaster, teacher, doctor
- one learned in sacred scriptures
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܦܪܐ | 1st person | ܣܦܪܬܝ | ܣܦܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܪܬ | 2nd person | ܣܦܪܬܟ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝ | ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܦܪܢ | 1st person | ܣܦܪܬܢ | ܣܦܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܪܬ | 2nd person | ܣܦܪܬܟ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝ | ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the root ܣ ܦ ܪ related to shearing. Compare Hebrew סַפָּרָה (sappārâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sappɑrtɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sappɑrɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܣܦܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܦܪܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܦܪܐ | 1st person | ܣܦܪܬܝ | ܣܦܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܪܬ | 2nd person | ܣܦܪܬܟ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝ | ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܦܪܢ | 1st person | ܣܦܪܬܢ | ܣܦܪܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܪܬ | 2nd person | ܣܦܪܬܟ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝ | ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܪܬܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗ | ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ | ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “sprh”, 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, pages 234b–235a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 387a
- 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 1036a