ܢܘܨܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܢ ܨ ܦ (n ṣ p)
1 term

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [nusˤ.pɑ]

Noun

ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ • (nuṣpā) m (plural ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (nuṣpāwātē))

  1. dusk (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
    Antonym: ܨܲܦܪܵܐ (ṣaprā)
  2. afterglow

Declension

Coordinate terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܨ-ܦ (n-ṣ-p).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nusˤsˤɑfɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܘܨܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. twilight, dusk, afterglow

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  • nwṣp”, 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, p. 333b
  • 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. 902b
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