ܢܘܛܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܛ-ܦ (n-ṭ-p) related to dripping. Compare Arabic نُطْفَة (nuṭfa) and Hebrew נְטִיפָה (nəṭīp̄ā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nutˤp(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nutˤpɑθɑ(ʔ)], [nutˤpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܛܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܘܛܦܐ or ܢܘܛܦܬܐ)

1. drop (especially of semen)
2. instilling, infusion
3. (figuratively) bit, very little

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܛܦܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܘܛܦܐ		1st person	ܢܘܛܦܬܝ		ܢܘܛܦܬܢ
	construct	ܢܘܛܦܬ		2nd person	ܢܘܛܦܬܟ	ܢܘܛܦܬܟܝ	ܢܘܛܦܬܟܘܢ	ܢܘܛܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܛܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܛܦܬܗ	ܢܘܛܦܬܗ	ܢܘܛܦܬܗܘܢ	ܢܘܛܦܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܘܛܦܝܢ ,ܢܘܛܦܢ		1st person	ܢܘܛܦܝ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܝ		ܢܘܛܦܝܢ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܢ
	construct	ܢܘܛܦܝ ,ܢܘܛܦܬ		2nd person	ܢܘܛܦܝܟ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܟ	ܢܘܛܦܝܟܝ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܟܝ	ܢܘܛܦܝܟܘܢ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܟܘܢ	ܢܘܛܦܝܟܝܢ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܘܛܦܐ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܘܛܦܘܗܝ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܗ	ܢܘܛܦܝܗ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܗ	ܢܘܛܦܝܗܘܢ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܗܘܢ	ܢܘܛܦܝܗܝܢ ,ܢܘܛܦܬܗܝܢ

References

• “nwṭph”, 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. 202b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 332a
• 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. 898b