ܨܦܘܢܐ

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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 (ṣappōnām(uncountable)

    1. soap

    Inflection

    Inflection of ܨܦܘܢܐ
    isolated forms with possessive pronouns
    state form person singular plural
    m f m f
    singular absolute ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢ 1st person ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܝ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܢ
    construct ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢ 2nd person ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܝ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܘܢ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܝܢ
    emphatic ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܐ 3rd person ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗܘܢ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗܝܢ

    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