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

Inflection of ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	{{{sg.abs.}}} ()	1st person	ܢܘܼܨܦܝܼ (nuṣpī)		ܢܘܼܨܦܲܢ (nuṣpan)
	construct	{{{sg.cstr.}}} ()	2nd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܘܼܟ݂ (nuṣpūḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܟ݂ܝ (nuṣpāḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nuṣpāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā)	3rd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܹܗ (nuṣpēh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܘܿܗ̇ (nuṣpōh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܗܘܿܢ (nuṣphōn)
plural	absolute	{{{pl.abs.}}} ()	1st person	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܝܼ̈ (nuṣpāwātī)		ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܲܢ̈ (nuṣpāwātan)
	construct	{{{pl.cstr.}}} ()	2nd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (nuṣpāwātūḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (nuṣpāwātāḵ)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (nuṣpāwātāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (nuṣpāwātē)	3rd person	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܗ (nuṣpāwātēh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (nuṣpāwātōh)	ܢܘܼܨܦܵܘܵܬ̈ܗܘܿܢ (nuṣpāwāthōn)

Coordinate terms

• (times of day) ܥܸܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ (ˁiddānē d-yāwmā); ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܢܘܼܓ݂ܗܵܐ (nuḡhā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ (ṣaprā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ (ṭahrā, “noon, afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: aii:Times of day)}

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

    declension of ܢܘܨܦܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܢܘܨܦ
construct	ܢܘܨܦ
emphatic	ܢܘܨܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܘܨܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܘܨܦܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܘܨܦܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܘܨܦܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܘܨܦܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܘܨܦܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܘܨܦܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܢܘܓܗܐ

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