ܦܣܦܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψηφίς (psēphís). Compare Mishnaic Hebrew פְּסֶפֶס (pəsép̄es).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛsp(ə)sɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛsp(ə)se(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܣܦܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܣܦܣܐ)

1. pebble
2. game piece, die
3. (in the plural) game of dice

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܣܦܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܣܦܣ		1st person	ܦܣܦܣܝ		ܦܣܦܣܢ
	construct	ܦܣܦܣ		2nd person	ܦܣܦܣܟ	ܦܣܦܣܟܝ	ܦܣܦܣܟܘܢ	ܦܣܦܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܣܦܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܣܦܣܗ	ܦܣܦܣܗ	ܦܣܦܣܗܘܢ	ܦܣܦܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܣܦܣܝܢ		1st person	ܦܣܦܣܝ		ܦܣܦܣܝܢ
	construct	ܦܣܦܣܝ		2nd person	ܦܣܦܣܝܟ	ܦܣܦܣܝܟܝ	ܦܣܦܣܝܟܘܢ	ܦܣܦܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܣܦܣܐ		3rd person	ܦܣܦܣܘܗܝ	ܦܣܦܣܝܗ	ܦܣܦܣܝܗܘܢ	ܦܣܦܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “psps”, 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. 281a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 452b
• 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. 1212a