ܪܦܫܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
Compare Arabic رَفْش (rafš). The sense of “winnowing fan, winnowing basket” is a calque from Akkadian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܪܦܫܐ • (rap̄šāʾ) m (plural ܪܦܫܐ)
Usage notes edit
This word is masculine, despite the tendency in Semitic languages for body parts that come in pairs to be feminine.
Inflection edit
inflection of ܪܦܫܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܪܦܫ | ܪܦܫܝܢ |
| construct | ܪܦܫ | ܪܦܫܝ |
| emphatic | ܪܦܫܐ | ܪܦܫܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܪܦܫܝ | ܪܦܫܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܪܦܫܟ | ܪܦܫܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܪܦܫܟܝ | ܪܦܫܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܪܦܫܗ | ܪܦܫܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܪܦܫܗ | ܪܦܫܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܪܦܫܢ | ܪܦܫܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܪܦܫܟܘܢ | ܪܦܫܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܪܦܫܟܝܢ | ܪܦܫܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܪܦܫܗܘܢ | ܪܦܫܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܪܦܫܗܝܢ | ܪܦܫܝܗܝܢ |
Synonyms edit
- (shoulder): ܟܬܦܐ (kaṯpāʾ)
References edit
- “rpš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-08
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 352a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 548a
- 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, p. 1486a