ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܦܝܠܣܘܦܐ (pīlōsōp̄ā), ܦܝܠܘܣܦܐ (pīlōsōp̄ā), ܦܝܠܣܦܐ (pīlōsōp̄ā), ܦܝܠܝܣܘܦܐ (pīlīsōp̄ā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pilosofɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pilosofe] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ • (pīlōsōp̄ām (plural ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ (pīlōsōp̄ē), singular feminine counterpart ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ (pīlōsōp̄tā))

  1. philosopher

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦ 1st person ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܢ
construct ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦ 2nd person ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܟ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܟܝ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܟܘܢ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ 3rd person ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܗ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܗ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܗܘܢ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܢ 1st person ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܢ
construct ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝ 2nd person ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܟ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܟܝ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܟܘܢ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ 3rd person ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܘܗܝ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܗ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܗܘܢ ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: փիլիսոփայ (pʻilisopʻay), փիղիսոփայ (pʻiłisopʻay), փիլիսովփայ (pʻilisovpʻay)
    • Armenian: փիլիսոփա (pʻilisopʻa)

References

  • pylwswp”, 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 278b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 443b
  • 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 1187a