ܣܦܝܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܣܐܦܝܠܐ (sāpīlā), ܣܦܦܝܪܐ (sapp̄īrā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sappilɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sappile] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܝܠܐ • (sappīlā) f (plural ܣܦܝܠܐ (sappīlē))

1. sapphire

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܦܝܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܦܝܠ		1st person	ܣܦܝܠܝ		ܣܦܝܠܢ
	construct	ܣܦܝܠ		2nd person	ܣܦܝܠܟ	ܣܦܝܠܟܝ	ܣܦܝܠܟܘܢ	ܣܦܝܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܦܝܠܐ		3rd person	ܣܦܝܠܗ	ܣܦܝܠܗ	ܣܦܝܠܗܘܢ	ܣܦܝܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܦܝܠܝܢ		1st person	ܣܦܝܠܝ		ܣܦܝܠܝܢ
	construct	ܣܦܝܠܝ		2nd person	ܣܦܝܠܝܟ	ܣܦܝܠܝܟܝ	ܣܦܝܠܝܟܘܢ	ܣܦܝܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܦܝܠܐ		3rd person	ܣܦܝܠܘܗܝ	ܣܦܝܠܝܗ	ܣܦܝܠܝܗܘܢ	ܣܦܝܠܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܣܦܝܠܝܐ (sappīlāyā)

References

• “spyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-25
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 233b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 385b
• 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 1030a