ܢܦܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (/⁠napṭu⁠/). Compare Old Persian *naftah (/⁠naft⁠/), Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛftˤɑ], [naftˤɑ], [nɑftˤɑ]

Noun

ܢܦܛܐ • (nep̄ṭā, nap̄ṭā, nāp̄ṭā) m (uncountable)

1. naphtha, petroleum

Inflection

    declension of ܢܦܛܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܢܦܛ
construct	ܢܦܛ
emphatic	ܢܦܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܦܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܦܛܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܦܛܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܦܛܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܦܛܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܦܛܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܦܛܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܦܛܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܦܛܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܦܛܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: نَفط
  • → Amharic: ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “naphtha; rifle”)
  • → Ge'ez: ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “naphtha; rifle”)
  • → Harari: ንፍጢ (nəfṭi, “rifle”)
  • → Tigrinya: ነፍጢ (näfṭi, “rifle”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَفَّاطَة (naffāṭa), itself related to above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nappɑtˤɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nappɑtˤe] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܛܐ • (nappāṭā) m (plural ܢܦܛܐ (nappāṭē))

1. torch
2. blister, pustule, pimple

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܦܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܦܛ	ܢܦܛܝܢ
construct	ܢܦܛ	ܢܦܛܝ
emphatic	ܢܦܛܐ	ܢܦܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܦܛܝ	ܢܦܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܦܛܟ	ܢܦܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܦܛܟܝ	ܢܦܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܦܛܗ	ܢܦܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܦܛܗ	ܢܦܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܦܛܢ	ܢܦܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܦܛܟܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܦܛܟܝܢ	ܢܦܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܦܛܗܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܦܛܗܝܢ	ܢܦܛܝܗܝܢ

References

• “npṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “npṭ²”, 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, page 207b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 344a
• 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 930a