ܛܘܦܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܛ ܦ ܣ (ṭ p s)
2 terms

From Aramaic טוּפְסָא (ṭup̄sā), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, blow, pressing; example); compare also in Hebrew טִיפּוּס (típus).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤuf.sɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tˤuːsɑː]

Noun

ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐ • (ṭufsā) m sg (plural ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܹ̈ܐ (ṭufsē) or ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ṭufsānē))

  1. example, symbol, allegory
    Synonyms: ܬܲܚܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (taḥwīṯā), ܡܲܚܙܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥzīṯā), ܬܲܣܠܘܼܩܵܐ (taslūqā)
  2. type, kind, form, figure
    Synonyms: ܕܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (dmūṯā), ܐܵܕ݂ܫܵܐ (āḏšā), ܙܢܵܐ (znā)

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܛܘܦܘܣ
  • ܛܘܦܣ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤupsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤupse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܦܣܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܘܦܣܐ)

  1. example, model, mold/mould, prototype
  2. copy, likeness
  3. type, kind
  4. form, figure
  5. (geometry) shape
  6. symbol, allegory
  7. principle of faith
  8. edict, proscription
  9. (grammar) term describing root of words, mood
  10. wound

Inflection

References

  • ṭwps”, 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. 131b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 170a
  • 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. 520a-b
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