ܣܦܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܣܦܢܐ (sappānā, “sailor”), from ܣܦܝܢܬܐ (səp̄īttā, “ship”) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sappɑnuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܣܦܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)

1. navigation
2. seamanship

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܦܢܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܦܢܘ		1st person	ܣܦܢܘܬܝ		ܣܦܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܣܦܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܣܦܢܘܬܟ	ܣܦܢܘܬܟܝ	ܣܦܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܣܦܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܦܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܦܢܘܬܗ	ܣܦܢܘܬܗ	ܣܦܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܣܦܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “spnw”, 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. 233b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 386a
• 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. 1032a