ܢܘܨܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܨ ܦ (n ṣ p)
1 term

Derived from the verb ܢܵܨܹܦ (nāṣēp).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [nusˤ.pɑ]

Noun

ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ • (nuṣpā) m (plural ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (nuṣpāwāṯē) or ܢܘܼܨܦܹ̈ܐ (nuṣpē))

1. dusk (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
2. afterglow

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā)
number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܢܘܼܨܦܝܼ (nuṣpī)		ܢܘܼܨܦܲܢ (nuṣpan)
	construct	ܢܨܘܿܦ (nṣōp)	2nd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܘܼܟ݂ (nuṣpūḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܟ݂ܝ (nuṣpāḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nuṣpāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā)	3rd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܹܗ (nuṣpēh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܗ̇ (nuṣpāh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܗܘܿܢ (nuṣphōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܢܘܼܨܦܝܼ̈ (nuṣpī)		ܢܘܼܨܦܲܢ̈ (nuṣpan)
	construct	ܢܘܼܨܦܲܝ̈ (nuṣpay)	2nd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nuṣpūḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nuṣpāḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nuṣpāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܢܘܼܨܦܹ̈ܐ (nuṣpē)	3rd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (nuṣpūh)	ܢܘܼܨܦ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nuṣpōh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܗ̈ܘܿܢ (nuṣphōn)

Coordinate terms

• (times of day) ܥܸܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ (ˁiddānē d-yāwmā); ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܢܘܼܓ݂ܗܵܐ (nuḡhā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ (ṣaprā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ (ṭahrā, “noon, afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: aii:Times of day)}

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܨ-ܦ (n-ṣ-p).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nusˤsˤɑfɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܘܨܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. twilight, dusk, afterglow

Inflection

    declension of ܢܘܨܦܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܢܘܨܦ
construct	ܢܘܨܦ
emphatic	ܢܘܨܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܨܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܨܦܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܨܦܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܨܦܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܨܦܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܨܦܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܢܘܓܗܐ

References

• “nwṣp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 333b
• 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. 902b