Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sajpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sajpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܝܦܐ • ‎(sāyp̄ā) m ‎(plural ܣܝܦܐ)

1. sword, blade
2. sword blow or cut
3. lowest wooden part of plough/plow

Inflection

Synonyms

• (sword): ܚܪܒܐ, ܣܦܣܝܪܐ

Derived terms

• ܣܝܦܘܢܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܣ-ܘ-ܦ ‎(s-w-p) related to ending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s(ə)jɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [s(ə)jɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܝܦܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܣܝܦܐ)

1. slaughter, destruction

Inflection

References

• “syp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 227a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 375b-376a
• 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. 1006b