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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (singular and plural)
Noun
ܐܣܦܣ • (ʾespes) f (plural ܐܣܦܣ)
- snake, adder, asp (especially Egyptian cobra)
- Synonyms: ܬܢܝܢܐ, ܟܘܪܦܐ, ܦܬܢܐ, ܚܘܝܐ
- tortoise
- Synonyms: ܣܦܝܢܬܐ, ܣܢܘܢܝܬܐ, ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ, ܩܪܝܬܐ
References
- “ˀsps”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-09
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 15b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 24b
- 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. 77a