ספינתא
Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ܣܦܝܢܬܐ (sǝp̄īntā) (Syriac)
Etymology edit
Natively connected to Imperial Aramaic 𐡎𐡐𐡍𐡀 (sp̄enā, “plank”) because a ship is planked, which is itself however an obscure word. As well as it has passed into other Semitic languages – due to the sound-correspondences of the first consonant cognateship is unlikely – and is declined irregularly, and the spirantization of or presence of a dagesh in the middle consonant in the Aramaic word seems to vary, a borrowed culture-word of the Euphrates.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
סְפִינִתָּא • (sǝp̄īntā) f (plural סְפִינָתָא (sǝp̄īnātā) or סְפִינֵא (sǝp̄īnē))
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: سَفِينَة (safīna)
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܦܝܼܢܬܵܐ (spīntā)
- → Neo-Babylonian: 𒊓𒉿𒈾𒀀𒌓 (sa-pi-na-a-tu₂ /sapīnatu, sapinnatu, šappinatu/)
- → Hebrew: סְפִינָה (səp̄īnā́, “ship”)
References edit
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 216–217
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, pages 37–38 footnote 10
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 48 note 86
- Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 88
- “spn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ˀspnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “spynh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ספינתא”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[2], volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 164