ܣܦܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܣ-ܦ-ܪ (s-p-r) related to narrating. Compare and Hebrew סוֹפֶרֶת (sōp̄éreṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑfar(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑfrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܦܪܐ)

1. scribe, writer
2. clerk
3. lawyer, notary
4. master, schoolmaster, teacher, doctor
5. one learned in sacred scriptures

Inflection

    declension of ܣܦܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܦܪܐ	ܣܦܪܢ
construct	ܣܦܪܬ	ܣܦܪܬ
emphatic	ܣܦܪܬܐ	ܣܦܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܦܪܬܝ	ܣܦܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟ	ܣܦܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟܝ	ܣܦܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܦܪܬܗ	ܣܦܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܦܪܬܗ	ܣܦܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܦܪܬܢ	ܣܦܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ	ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ	ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ	ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ	ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܣ-ܦ-ܪ (s-p-r) related to shearing. Compare Hebrew סַפָּרָה (sappārâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sappɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sappɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܦܪܐ)

1. shearer, barber
2. barber's wife

Inflection

    declension of ܣܦܪܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܦܪܐ	ܣܦܪܢ
construct	ܣܦܪܬ	ܣܦܪܬ
emphatic	ܣܦܪܬܐ	ܣܦܪܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܦܪܬܝ	ܣܦܪܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟ	ܣܦܪܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟܝ	ܣܦܪܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܦܪܬܗ	ܣܦܪܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܦܪܬܗ	ܣܦܪܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܦܪܬܢ	ܣܦܪܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ	ܣܦܪܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ	ܣܦܪܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ	ܣܦܪܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ	ܣܦܪܬܗܝܢ

References

• “sprh”, 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, pp. 234b-235a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 387a
• 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, p. 1036a