ܝܫܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܝܫܦܗ

Etymology

From Aramaic ישפה, from Akkadian 𒉌𒌓𒅀𒀸𒁍 (/⁠yašpû⁠/, “name of a stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaʃpɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܝܫܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) jasper

   Synonym: ܩܲܪܢܵܢܵܝܵܐ (qarnānāyā)

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܫܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܫܦ		1st person	ܝܫܦܝ		ܝܫܦܢ
	construct	ܝܫܦ		2nd person	ܝܫܦܟ	ܝܫܦܟܝ	ܝܫܦܟܘܢ	ܝܫܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܫܦܐ		3rd person	ܝܫܦܗ	ܝܫܦܗ	ܝܫܦܗܘܢ	ܝܫܦܗܝܢ

References

• “yšph”, 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. 146a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 198b
• 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. 586b