ܪܘܦܫܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
editEtymology
editCompare Classical Syriac ܪܦܫܐ (rap̄šā) and Arabic رَفْش (rafš).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard) IPA(key): [rufʃaː], [ruwʃaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [rˤuːʃa]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [ruːʃa]
- (Tyari) IPA(key): [rˤoːʃa], [rˤuːʃa], [rˤawʃa]
Noun
editܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܐ • (rufšā) m sg (plural ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܹܐ (rufšānē) or ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܫܹܐ (rufšāšē))
- (anatomy) shoulder
- Synonym: ܟܲܬ݂ܦܵܐ (kaṯpā)
- ܫܓ݂ܘܿܫܘܼܢ ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܘܪܩܘܿܕ݂ܘܼܢ! ― šḡōšūn rufšānāwḵōn w-rqōḏūn! ― Shake your shoulders and dance!
- (figurative) side
Usage notes
editThis word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
Inflection
editInflection of ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܐ (rufšā)
number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܝܼ (rufšī) |
ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܲܢ (rufšan) | ||
construct | ܪܘܿܦ̮ܲܫ (rōfaš) |
2nd person | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܘܼܟ݂ (rufšūḵ) |
ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (rufšāḵ) |
ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rufšāwḵōn) | ||
emphatic | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܐ (rufšā) |
3rd person | ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܹܗ (rufšēh) |
ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ (rufšāh) |
ܪܘܼܦ̮ܫܗܘܿܢ (rufšhōn) | ||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܝܼ (rufšānī) |
ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܲܢ (rufšānan) | ||
construct | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢ (rufšān) |
2nd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (rufšānūḵ) |
ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (rufšānāḵ) |
ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rufšānāwḵōn) | ||
emphatic | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܹܐ (rufšānē) |
3rd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܘܼܗܝ (rufšānūh) |
ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܘܿܗ̇ (rufšānōh) |
ܪ̈ܘܼܦ̮ܫܵܢܗܘܿܢ (rufšānhōn) |