ܣܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śapat-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛf(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܣܦܬܐ • (sefṯaʾ) f (plural ܣܦܘܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) lip
2. snout, trunk
3. brim, rim
4. border, edge, ledge
5. (geography) brink, shore, coast

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܦܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܣܦܐ		1st person	ܣܦܬܝ		ܣܦܬܢ
	construct	ܣܦܬ		2nd person	ܣܦܬܟ	ܣܦܬܟܝ	ܣܦܬܟܘܢ	ܣܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܦܬܗ	ܣܦܬܗ	ܣܦܬܗܘܢ	ܣܦܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܣܦܘܢ		1st person	ܣܦܘܬܝ		ܣܦܘܬܢ
	construct	ܣܦܘܬ		2nd person	ܣܦܘܬܟ	ܣܦܘܬܟܝ	ܣܦܘܬܟܘܢ	ܣܦܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܣܦܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܣܦܘܬܗ	ܣܦܘܬܗ	ܣܦܘܬܗܘܢ	ܣܦܘܬܗܝܢ

Adverb

ܣܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. (in the absolute state) fully, entirely

References

• “sph”, 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. 233a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 385a
• 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. 1036a