ܪܨܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܨ-ܦ (r-ṣ-p) related to covering over. Compare Arabic رَصْف (raṣf) and Hebrew רִצְפָה (riṣpā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)sˤɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [r(ə)sˤɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܨܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܨܦܐ)

1. pavement
2. density
3. sole (of a shoe)

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܨܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܨܦ	ܪܨܦܝܢ
construct	ܪܨܦ	ܪܨܦܝ
emphatic	ܪܨܦܐ	ܪܨܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܨܦܝ	ܪܨܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܨܦܟ	ܪܨܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܨܦܟܝ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܨܦܢ	ܪܨܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܨܦܟܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܨܦܟܝܢ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܨܦܗܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܨܦܗܝܢ	ܪܨܦܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Probably from ܪܙܦܐ (rezpā, rəzāp̄ā, “sole”), from the root ܪ-ܙ-ܦ (r-z-p). See above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛsˤpɑ(ʔ)], [rɑsˤpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rɛsˤpe(ʔ)], [rɑsˤpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܨܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܨܦܐ)

1. sole (of a shoe)

Inflection

    inflection of ܪܨܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܪܨܦ	ܪܨܦܝܢ
construct	ܪܨܦ	ܪܨܦܝ
emphatic	ܪܨܦܐ	ܪܨܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܪܨܦܝ	ܪܨܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܪܨܦܟ	ܪܨܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܪܨܦܟܝ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܪܨܦܗ	ܪܨܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܪܨܦܢ	ܪܨܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܪܨܦܟܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܪܨܦܟܝܢ	ܪܨܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܪܨܦܗܘܢ	ܪܨܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܪܨܦܗܝܢ	ܪܨܦܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rṣp”, 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, p. 352b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 549a
• 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. 1487b

Anagrams

• ܨܦܪܐ