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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Manichaean Parthian (sfsyr /safsēr/, “sword”). Compare Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”), Persian شمشیر (šamšir), and Ancient Greek σαμψήρα (sampsḗra, “foreign sword”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܣܦܣܝܪܐ • (sap̄sērā) f (plural ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sērē))
- sword, dagger, blade
Inflection
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References
- “spsyr”, 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 234a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 386a
- 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 1032b