ܪܦܫܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܪܦܫܐ (rap̄šāʾm (plural ܪܦܫܐ)

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

Usage notes

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

Inflection

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Synonyms

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References

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  • 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