ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܝܠܘܣܦܬܐ (pīlōsōp̄tā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pilosoftɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pilosofɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ • (pīlōsōp̄tā) f (plural ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ (pīlōsōp̄āṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ (pīlōsōp̄ā))

1. philosopher

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܐ		1st person	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܝ		ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܢ
	construct	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬ		2nd person	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟܝ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟܘܢ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗܘܢ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܢ		1st person	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܢ		ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܢ
	construct	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬ		2nd person	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟܝ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟܘܢ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗܘܢ	ܦܝܠܘܣܘܦܬܗܝܢ

References

• “pylwsph”, 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 278b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 443b
• 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 1187a