ܐܣܦܘܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔɪspuɡ.ɡɑː]

Noun

ܐܸܣܦܘܼܓܵܐ • (ispuggā) f sg (plural ܐܸܣܦܘܼܓܹ̈ܐ (ispuggē))

  1. sponge

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܐܸܣܦܘܼܓܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ispūgānāyā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܣܦܘܢܓܐ
  • ܐܣܦܘܢܓܘܣ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπόγγος (spóngos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛspoɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛspoɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܦܘܓܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܣܦܘܓܐ)

  1. sponge

Inflection

References

  • ˀspwg”, 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. 15b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 24a
  • 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. 75a
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