ܨܦܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Also found as Aramaic צַפּוֹן (ṣappōn), סַפּוֹן (sappōn), Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), Hebrew סַבּוֹן (sabbon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤapponɑ]

Noun

ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܵܐ • (ṣappōnā) m(uncountable)

1. soap

Inflection

Inflection of ܨܦܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢ		1st person	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܝ		ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܢ
	construct	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢ		2nd person	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟ	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܝ	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܘܢ	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܐ		3rd person	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗ	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗ	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗܘܢ	ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: صَابُون (ṣābūn) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ṣpwn”, 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, page 482b
• 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, →ISBN, page 1297a