Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܣܦܐܪܐ
• ܐܣܦܪܐ
• ܣܦܝܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛspe(j)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛspe(j)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܝܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܣܦܝܪܐ)

1. any round object; circle, sphere
2. ball, globe
3. bowl
4. round cake
5. pine cone

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σπεῖρα ‎(speîra).

Alternative forms

• ܐܣܦܝܪ
• ܐܣܦܪܐ
• ܐܣܦܪܝܣܐ
• ܣܦܝܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛspe(j)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛspe(j)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܝܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܐܣܦܝܪܐ)

1. (military) band, troop, cohort

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek σφῦρα ‎(sphûra).

Alternative forms

• ܣܦܝܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛspe(j)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛspe(j)re(ʔ)], [ʔɛspe(j)ras] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܝܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) c ‎(plural ܐܣܦܝܪܣ or ܐܣܦܝܪܐ)

1. large hammer

References

• “)spyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
• “)spyr)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 15b, 16a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 24a, 385b
• 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, pp. 76a, 1031b