ܐܣܩܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛsq(ə)fɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛsq(ə)fe(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos).

Noun

ܐܣܩܦܐ • (ʾesqəp̄āʾ) m (plural ܐܣܩܦܐ)

1. cup
2. lamp saucer or bowl

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܣܩܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܣܩܦ		1st person	ܐܣܩܦܝ		ܐܣܩܦܢ
	construct	ܐܣܩܦ		2nd person	ܐܣܩܦܟ	ܐܣܩܦܟܝ	ܐܣܩܦܟܘܢ	ܐܣܩܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܣܩܦܐ		3rd person	ܐܣܩܦܗ	ܐܣܩܦܗ	ܐܣܩܦܗܘܢ	ܐܣܩܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܣܩܦܝܢ		1st person	ܐܣܩܦܝ		ܐܣܩܦܝܢ
	construct	ܐܣܩܦܝ		2nd person	ܐܣܩܦܝܟ	ܐܣܩܦܝܟܝ	ܐܣܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܐܣܩܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܣܩܦܐ		3rd person	ܐܣܩܦܘܗܝ	ܐܣܩܦܝܗ	ܐܣܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܐܣܩܦܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: սկահ (skah)
  • → Armenian: սկահ (skah) (learned)
  • →? Georgian: სკა (sḳa)

Etymology 2

Noun

ܐܣܩܦܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܐܣܩܦܬܐ

References

• “ˀsqpˀ”, 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, p. 16a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 24b
• 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, p. 79a