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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Arabic رَفْش (rafš). The sense of “winnowing fan, winnowing basket” is a calque from Akkadian.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܪܦܫܐ • (rap̄šā) m (plural ܪܦܫܐ)
- winnowing fan, winnowing basket
- shovel, spade
- (anatomy) humerus, scapula, shoulder blade; shoulder
Usage notes
This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
Inflection
Inflection of ܪܦܫܐ
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isolated forms
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with possessive pronouns
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state
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form
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person
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singular
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plural
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f
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m
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f
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absolute
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ܪܦܫ
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1st person
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ܪܦܫܝ
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ܪܦܫܢ
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ܪܦܫ
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2nd person
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ܪܦܫܟ
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ܪܦܫܟܝ
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ܪܦܫܟܘܢ
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ܪܦܫܟܝܢ
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ܪܦܫܐ
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3rd person
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ܪܦܫܗ
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ܪܦܫܗ
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ܪܦܫܗܘܢ
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ܪܦܫܗܝܢ
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absolute
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ܪܦܫܝܢ
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1st person
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ܪܦܫܝ
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ܪܦܫܝܢ
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ܪܦܫܝ
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2nd person
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ܪܦܫܝܟ
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ܪܦܫܝܟܝ
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ܪܦܫܝܟܘܢ
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ܪܦܫܝܟܝܢ
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ܪܦܫܐ
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3rd person
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ܪܦܫܘܗܝ
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ܪܦܫܝܗ
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ܪܦܫܝܗܘܢ
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ܪܦܫܝܗܝܢ
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Synonyms
References
- “rpš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-08
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 352a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 548a
- 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, →ISBN, page 1486a