ܪܨܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܨ-ܦ (r-ṣ-p) related to covering over. Compare Arabic رَصْف (raṣf) and Hebrew רִצְפָה (riṣpā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)sˤɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)sˤɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܨܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܨܦܐ)

1. pavement
2. density
3. sole (of a shoe)

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܨܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܨܦ		1st person	ܪܨܦܝ		ܪܨܦܢ
	construct	ܪܨܦ		2nd person	ܪܨܦܟ	ܪܨܦܟܝ	ܪܨܦܟܘܢ	ܪܨܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܨܦܐ		3rd person	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܗܘܢ	ܪܨܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܨܦܝܢ		1st person	ܪܨܦܝ		ܪܨܦܝܢ
	construct	ܪܨܦܝ		2nd person	ܪܨܦܝܟ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝ	ܪܨܦܝܟܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܨܦܐ		3rd person	ܪܨܦܘܗܝ	ܪܨܦܝܗ	ܪܨܦܝܗܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Probably from ܪܙܦܐ (rezpā, rəzāp̄ā, “sole”), from the root ܪ-ܙ-ܦ (r-z-p). See above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛsˤpɑ(ʔ)], [rɑsˤpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rɛsˤpe(ʔ)], [rɑsˤpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܨܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܨܦܐ)

1. sole (of a shoe)

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܨܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܨܦ		1st person	ܪܨܦܝ		ܪܨܦܢ
	construct	ܪܨܦ		2nd person	ܪܨܦܟ	ܪܨܦܟܝ	ܪܨܦܟܘܢ	ܪܨܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܨܦܐ		3rd person	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܗܘܢ	ܪܨܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܨܦܝܢ		1st person	ܪܨܦܝ		ܪܨܦܝܢ
	construct	ܪܨܦܝ		2nd person	ܪܨܦܝܟ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝ	ܪܨܦܝܟܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܨܦܐ		3rd person	ܪܨܦܘܗܝ	ܪܨܦܝܗ	ܪܨܦܝܗܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rṣp”, 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. 352b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 549a
• 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. 1487b

Anagrams

• ܨܦܪܐ