Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic, from Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /⁠aškāpu⁠/); compare Arabic إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāf) and Hebrew אֻשְׁכָּף (ʾuškāp̄)

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɪʃ.kɑːpɑː]

Noun edit

ܐܸܫܟܵܦܵܐ (iškāpām (plural ܐܸܫܟܵܦܹ̈ܐ (iškāpē), feminine ܐܸܫܟܵܦܬܵܐ (iškāptā))

  1. shoemaker, cobbler (worker who makes or repairs shoes)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒀿 (AŠGAB /⁠aškāpu⁠/). Compare Arabic إِسْكَاف (ʔiskāf) and Hebrew אושכף / אֻשְׁכָּף (ʾuškāp̄).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛʃkɑfɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛʃkɑfe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܫܟܦܐ (ʾeškāp̄ām (plural ܐܫܟܦܐ (ʾeškāp̄ē))

  1. shoemaker, cobbler

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • ˀškp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 21a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 31a
  • 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, page 107a