ܡܣܦܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܣ-ܦ-ܪ (s-p-r) related to shearing. Compare Hebrew מִסְפָּרַיִם (mispārayim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [masp(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [masp(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܣܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܣܦܪܐ)

1. razor
2. scissors, shears
3. candle snuffer

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܣܦܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܣܦܪ		1st person	ܡܣܦܪܝ		ܡܣܦܪܢ
	construct	ܡܣܦܪ		2nd person	ܡܣܦܪܟ	ܡܣܦܪܟܝ	ܡܣܦܪܟܘܢ	ܡܣܦܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܣܦܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܣܦܪܗ	ܡܣܦܪܗ	ܡܣܦܪܗܘܢ	ܡܣܦܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܣܦܪܝܢ		1st person	ܡܣܦܪܝ		ܡܣܦܪܝܢ
	construct	ܡܣܦܪܝ		2nd person	ܡܣܦܪܝܟ	ܡܣܦܪܝܟܝ	ܡܣܦܪܝܟܘܢ	ܡܣܦܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܣܦܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܣܦܪܘܗܝ	ܡܣܦܪܝܗ	ܡܣܦܪܝܗܘܢ	ܡܣܦܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܡܣܦܪܢܐ
• ܡܣܦܪܬܐ

References

• “mspr”, 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. 234b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 285b
• 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. 793b