ܪܦܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَفْش (rafš). The sense of “winnowing fan, winnowing basket” is a calque from Akkadian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rafʃɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rafʃe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܦܫܐ • (rap̄šāʾ) m (plural ܪܦܫܐ)

1. winnowing fan, winnowing basket
2. shovel, spade
3. (anatomy) humerus, scapula, shoulder blade; shoulder

Usage notes

This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܦܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܦܫ		1st person	ܪܦܫܝ		ܪܦܫܢ
	construct	ܪܦܫ		2nd person	ܪܦܫܟ	ܪܦܫܟܝ	ܪܦܫܟܘܢ	ܪܦܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܦܫܐ		3rd person	ܪܦܫܗ	ܪܦܫܗ	ܪܦܫܗܘܢ	ܪܦܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܦܫܝܢ		1st person	ܪܦܫܝ		ܪܦܫܝܢ
	construct	ܪܦܫܝ		2nd person	ܪܦܫܝܟ	ܪܦܫܝܟܝ	ܪܦܫܝܟܘܢ	ܪܦܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܦܫܐ		3rd person	ܪܦܫܘܗܝ	ܪܦܫܝܗ	ܪܦܫܝܗܘܢ	ܪܦܫܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (shoulder): ܟܬܦܐ (kaṯpāʾ)

References

• “rpš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-08
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 352a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 548a
• 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. 1486a