Compare Classical Syriac ܪܦܫܐ (rap̄šā) and Arabic رَفْش (rafš).
ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܐ • (rufšā) m sg (plural ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܹܐ (rufšānē) or ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܫܹܐ (rufšāšē))
This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܘܿܦ̮ܲܫ (rōfaš) | 1st person | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܝܼ (rufšī) | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܲܢ (rufšan) | |||
| construct | ܪܘܿܦ̮ܲܫ (rōfaš) | 2nd person | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܘܼܟ݂ (rufšōḵ) | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (rufšāḵ) | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rufšawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܐ (rufšā) | 3rd person | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܹܗ (rufšēh) | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ (rufšāh) | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܗܘܿܢ (rufšhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܝܼܢ (rufšānīn) | 1st person | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܝܼ (rufšānī) | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܲܢ (rufšānan) | |||
| construct | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܲܝ (rufšānay) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (rufšānōḵ) | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (rufšānāḵ) | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rufšānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܹܐ (rufšānē) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܘܼܗܝ (rufšānūh) | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܘܼܗ̇ (rufšānōh) | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܲܝܗܘܿܢ (rufšānayhōn) | |||