ܣܦܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܦ ܪ (s p r)
2 terms

Compare Hebrew סָפַר (safár, “to count”) and Hebrew סִפֵּר (sipér, “to recount; to narrate”). The first and second meanings come from one root, the third and fourth from another, and the fifth comes from an irregular development from ܣܵܒ݂ܸܪ (sāḇir, “to hope”) or the pael stem of it.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sɑːperː]

Verb

ܣܵܦܹܪ • (sāpēr) (present participle ܣܦܵܪܵܐ (spārā), past participle ܣܦܝܼܪܵܐ (spīrā))

1. (intransitive) to be/become sheared
2. (transitive) to get a haircut
3. (transitive) to narrate, recount
4. (transitive) to write, scribe
5. to wait

Conjugation

Conjugation of ܣܵܦܹܪ (sāpēr)

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܝܼ (spīr lī)	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (spīr lūḵ)	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ (spīr lēh)	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܲܢ (spīr lan)	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (spīr lāwḵōn)	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܗܘܿܢ (spīr lhōn)
	f		ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ (spīr lāḵ)	ܣܦܝܼܪ ܠܵܗ̇ (spīr lāh)
non-past	m	ܣܵܦܪܹܢ (sāprēn)	ܣܵܦܪܹܬ (sāprēt)	ܣܵܦܹܪ (sāpēr)	ܣܵܦܪܲܚ (sāpraḥ)	ܣܵܦܪܝܼܬܘܿܢ (sāprītōn)	ܣܵܦܪܝܼ (sāprī)
	f	ܣܵܦܪܵܢ (sāprān)	ܣܵܦܪܵܬܝ (sāprāt)	ܣܵܦܪܵܐ (sāprā)
imperative	m		ܣܦܘܿܪ (spōr)			ܣܦܘܿܪܘܼܢ (spōrūn)
	f		ܣܦܘܿܪܝ (spōr)

Synonyms

• (write): ܟܵܬ݂ܹܒ݂ (kāṯēḇ)
• (haircut): ܓܵܪܹܥ (gārēˁ)