ܨܦܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn), from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Also found as Aramaic צַפּוֹן (ṣappōn), סַפּוֹן (sappōn), Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), Hebrew סַבּוֹן (sabbon).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [sˤapponɑ]

    Noun

    ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܵܐ • (ṣappōnā) m(uncountable)

    1. soap

    Inflection

    Inflection of ܨܦܘܢܐ
    isolated forms with possessive pronouns
    state form person singular plural
    m f m f
    singular absolute ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢ 1st person ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܝ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܢ
    construct ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢ 2nd person ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܝ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܘܢ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܟܝܢ
    emphatic ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܐ 3rd person ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗܘܢ ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܗܝܢ

    Descendants

    • → Arabic: صَابُون (ṣābūn) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • “ṣpwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 482b
    • 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, →ISBN, page 1297a
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