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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Also found as Aramaic צַפּוֹן (ṣappōn), סַפּוֹן (sappōn), Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), Hebrew סַבּוֹן (sabbon).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܵܐ • (ṣappōnā) m(uncountable)
- soap
Inflection
Descendants
- → Arabic: صَابُون (ṣābūn) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “ṣpwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 482b
- 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 1297a