Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑfar(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sɑfrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܣܦܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܦܪܐ)

1. scribe, writer
2. clerk
3. lawyer, notary
4. master, schoolmaster, teacher, doctor
5. one learned in sacred scriptures

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܣ-ܦ-ܪ ‎(s-p-r) related to shearing. Compare Hebrew סַפָּרָה ‎(sappārâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sappɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sappɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܪܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܣܦܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܣܦܪܐ)

1. shearer, barber
2. barber's wife

Inflection

References

• “sprh”, 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, pp. 234b-235a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 387a
• 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. 1036a