ܣܦܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic סִפְתָא (sip̄ṯā), from Proto-Semitic *śapat-; compare Arabic شَفَة (šafa), Hebrew שָׂפָה (safá) and Akkadian 𒅻 (šaptum).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ (sipṯāf (plural ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipwāṯā) or ܣܸ̈ܦܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sippāṯā) or ܣܸ̈ܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipyāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) lip
  2. (geography) brink, shore, coast, bank
  3. (figurative) border, edge, ledge

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute ܣܸܦܵܐ (sippā) 1st person ܣܸܦܬ݂ܝܼ (sipṯī) ܣܸܦܬ݂ܲܢ (sipṯan)
construct ܣܸܦܲܬ݂ (sippaṯ) 2nd person ܣܸܦܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (sipṯōḵ) ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (sipṯāḵ) ܣܸܦܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sipṯawḵōn)
emphatic ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܐ (sipṯā) 3rd person ܣܸܦܬ݂ܹܗ (sipṯēh) ܣܸܦܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (sipṯāh) ܣܸܦܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (sipṯhōn)
plural absolute ܣܸܦܘܵܢ̈ (sipwān) 1st person ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (sipwāṯī) ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (sipwāṯan)
construct ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂̈ (sipwāṯ) 2nd person ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (sipwāṯōḵ) ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (sipwāṯāḵ) ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sipwāṯawḵōn)
emphatic ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (sipwāṯā) 3rd person ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (sipwāṯēh) ܣܸ̈ܦܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (sipwāṯāh) ܣܸܦܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (sipwāṯhōn)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śapat-.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܣܦܬܐ (sefṯaʾf (plural ܣܦܘܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) lip
  2. snout, trunk
  3. brim, rim
  4. border, edge, ledge
  5. (geography) brink, shore, coast

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܦܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܣܦܐ 1st person ܣܦܬܝ ܣܦܬܢ
construct ܣܦܬ 2nd person ܣܦܬܟ ܣܦܬܟܝ ܣܦܬܟܘܢ ܣܦܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܦܬܐ 3rd person ܣܦܬܗ ܣܦܬܗ ܣܦܬܗܘܢ ܣܦܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܣܦܘܢ 1st person ܣܦܘܬܝ ܣܦܘܬܢ
construct ܣܦܘܬ 2nd person ܣܦܘܬܟ ܣܦܘܬܟܝ ܣܦܘܬܟܘܢ ܣܦܘܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܣܦܘܬܐ 3rd person ܣܦܘܬܗ ܣܦܘܬܗ ܣܦܘܬܗܘܢ ܣܦܘܬܗܝܢ

Adverb

ܣܦܬܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. (in the absolute state) fully, entirely

References

  • sph”, 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 233a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 385a
  • 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 1036a