سفسطائي

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܘܿܦܝܺܣܛܳܐ (sōpisṭā, sophist) or its nisba derivation ܣܘܿܦܝܺܣܛܳܝܳܐ (sōp̄isṭāyā, sophistic) from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs) and +‎ ـَاء (-āʔ, feminine ending, sometimes for Aramaic emphatic state) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba, expresses relation or pertinence).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saf.sa.tˤaː.ʔijj/

Adjective

سَفْسَطَائِيّ (safsaṭāʔiyy) (feminine سَفْسَطَائِيَّة (safsaṭāʔiyya), masculine plural سَفْسَطَائِيُّونَ (safsaṭāʔiyyūna), feminine plural سَفْسَطَائِيَّات (safsaṭāʔiyyāt))

  1. sophist

Declension

Noun

سَفْسَطَائِيّ (safsaṭāʔiyym (plural سَفْسَطَائِيُّونَ (safsaṭāʔiyyūna), feminine سَفْسَطَائِيَّة (safsaṭāʔiyya))

  1. sophist

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • swpysṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 491a
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 640
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سفسطائي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 658b
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “سفسطائي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 422b