ܫܘܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܘ-ܦ (š-w-p) related to smearing. Compare Old Armenian շփեմ (špʿem), an Aramaic borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃawpɑ(ʔ)], [ʃofɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃawpe(ʔ)], [ʃofe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܦܐ (šawpā) m (plural ܫܘܦܐ)

  1. friction, attrition, chafing, scratching, rubbing
  2. (medicine) inflammation of the skin caused by riding or walking
  3. polish, polishing, dyeing, embellishing
  4. stain
  5. filing, metal scrap
  6. pounding
  7. brooding, incubation
  8. (dialectal) staff
Inflection

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃofɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃofe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܘܦܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܦܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܐܫܘܦܐ
Inflection

References

  • šwp”, 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. 363b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 567a-b
  • 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. 1533a
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