ܐܣܦܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra).

Alternative forms

  • ܐܣܦܐܪܐ, ܐܣܦܪܐ, ܣܦܝܪܐ

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā) 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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܐܣܦܝܪܐ (ʾespejrā) 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 (ʾespejrā) c (plural ܐܣܦܝܪܣ or ܐܣܦܝܪܐ)

  1. large hammer

References

  • ˀspyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀspyr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀspyrˀ3”, 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, pages 15b, 16a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 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, pages 76a, 1031b
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