ܣܘܦܐ

Inherited from Aramaic סוֹפָא (sōp̄ā), derived from ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ (sipṯā, “lip”); compare also borrowed into Hebrew סוֹף (sóf, “end”).

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ܣܲܘܦܵܐ • (sawpā) m (plural ܣܲܘܦܹ̈ܐ (sawpē))

1. edge, spatial end, limit, bound

   Synonyms: ܡܲܪܙܵܐ (marzā), ܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ (sāḵā), ܬܚܘܼܡܵܐ (tḥūmā)

   ܡܛܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܣܲܘܦܵܐ ܕܥܵܠܘܿܠܵܐ. ― mṭē lan l-sawpā d-ˁālōlā. ― We reached the end of the street.

   ܥܲܠ ܬܪܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܣܲܘܦܵܐ ܕܦܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ. ― ˁal trayhōn sawpā d-pāṯōrā. ― On both edges of the table.

2. extreme, greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.

   ܡ̣ܢ ܚܲܕ݇ ܣܲܘܦܵܐ ܠܚܲܕ݇ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ. ― min ḥa sawpā l-ḥa ḥēnā. ― From one extreme to another.

• ܣܲܘܦܵܝܵܐ (sawpāyā)
• ܣܲܘܦܵܢܵܐ (sawpānā)

From ܣܦܬܐ (sep̄ṯā, “lip; border, margin, edge”). Forms a root ܣ-ܘ-ܦ (s-w-p) related to ending. Cognate with Aramaic סוֹפָא.

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ܣܘܦܐ • (sawpā) m (plural ܣܘܦܐ (sawpē))

1. end, edge
2. limit, border, bound

• “swp”, 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, page 225a,
• Haupt, Paul (1917) “Syriac sífṯâ, lip, and sáu̮pâ, end”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research‎, volume 1, page 92
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 369b
• 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, page 987b