ܣܦܣܝܪܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܣܦܣܪܐ (sap̄sērā)
Etymology
[edit]From Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (sfsyr /safsēr/, “sword”). Compare Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”), Persian شمشیر (šamšir), and Ancient Greek σαμψήρα (sampsḗra, “foreign sword”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܣܦܣܝܪܐ • (sap̄sērā) f (plural ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sērē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܦܣܝܪ | 1st person | ܣܦܣܝܪܝ | ܣܦܣܝܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܣܝܪ | 2nd person | ܣܦܣܝܪܟ | ܣܦܣܝܪܟܝ | ܣܦܣܝܪܟܘܢ | ܣܦܣܝܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܣܝܪܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܣܝܪܗ | ܣܦܣܝܪܗ | ܣܦܣܝܪܗܘܢ | ܣܦܣܝܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܦܣܝܪܝ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܦܣܝܪܝ | 2nd person | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܝ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܘܢ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܦܣܝܪܐ | 3rd person | ܣܦܣܝܪܘܗܝ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗܘܢ | ܣܦܣܝܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “spsyr”, 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 234a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 1032b