ܢܦܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (/⁠napṭu⁠/). Compare Old Persian *naftah (/⁠naft⁠/), Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛftˤɑ], [naftˤɑ], [nɑftˤɑ]

Noun

ܢܦܛܐ • (nep̄ṭā, nap̄ṭā, nāp̄ṭā) m(uncountable)

1. naphtha, petroleum

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܦܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܦܛ		1st person	ܢܦܛܝ		ܢܦܛܢ
	construct	ܢܦܛ		2nd person	ܢܦܛܟ	ܢܦܛܟܝ	ܢܦܛܟܘܢ	ܢܦܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܦܛܐ		3rd person	ܢܦܛܗ	ܢܦܛܗ	ܢܦܛܗܘܢ	ܢܦܛܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: نَفط
  • → Amharic: ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “naphtha; rifle”)
  • → Ge'ez: ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “naphtha; rifle”)
  • → Harari: ንፍጢ (nəfṭi, “rifle”)
  • → Tigrinya: ነፍጢ (näfṭi, “rifle”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَفَّاطَة (naffāṭa), itself related to above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nappɑtˤɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nappɑtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܛܐ • (nappāṭā) m (plural ܢܦܛܐ (nappāṭē))

1. torch
2. blister, pustule, pimple

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܦܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܦܛ		1st person	ܢܦܛܝ		ܢܦܛܢ
	construct	ܢܦܛ		2nd person	ܢܦܛܟ	ܢܦܛܟܝ	ܢܦܛܟܘܢ	ܢܦܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܦܛܐ		3rd person	ܢܦܛܗ	ܢܦܛܗ	ܢܦܛܗܘܢ	ܢܦܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܦܛܝܢ		1st person	ܢܦܛܝ		ܢܦܛܝܢ
	construct	ܢܦܛܝ		2nd person	ܢܦܛܝܟ	ܢܦܛܝܟܝ	ܢܦܛܝܟܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܦܛܐ		3rd person	ܢܦܛܘܗܝ	ܢܦܛܝܗ	ܢܦܛܝܗܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܗܝܢ

References

• “npṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “npṭ²”, 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 207b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 344a
• 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, page 930a