Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܪ-ܨ-ܦ (r-ṣ-p) related to covering over. Compare Arabic رَصْف (raṣf) and Hebrew רִצְפָה (riṣpā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [r(ə)sˤɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)sˤɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܨܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܨܦܐ)

  1. pavement
  2. density
  3. sole (of a shoe)
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Etymology 2

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Probably from ܪܙܦܐ (rezpā, rəzāp̄ā, sole), from the root ܪ-ܙ-ܦ (r-z-p). See above.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rɛsˤpɑ(ʔ)], [rɑsˤpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rɛsˤpe(ʔ)], [rɑsˤpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܪܨܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܨܦܐ)

  1. sole (of a shoe)
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References

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  • rṣp”, 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, p. 352b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 549a
  • 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. 1487b

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