ܣܦܢܐ

Occupational noun derived from ܣܦܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ (spītā, “ship”); compare Hebrew סַפָּן (sapán) and Arabic سَفَّان (saffān).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sappɑːnɑː]

ܣܲܦܵܢܵܐ • (sappānā) m sg (plural ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (sappānē), feminine ܣܲܦܵܢܬܵܐ (sappāntā))

1. sailor, mariner

   Synonyms: ܡܲܠܵܚܵܐ (mallāḥā), ܐܸܠܦܵܪܵܐ (ilpārā)

2. shipwright

• ܣܲܦܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (sappānūṯā)
• ܪܲܒ݂ ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (raḇ sappānē, “ship captain”)
• ܥܹܝܢ ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁēn sappānē, “Ain Sifni”, literally “Spring of sailors”)

Derived from ܣܦܝܢܬܐ (səp̄īttā, “ship”). Compare Hebrew סַפָּן (sappān), Arabic سَفَّان (saffān).

• IPA^(key): [sappɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sappɑne] (plural)

ܣܦܢܐ • (sappānā) m (plural ܣܦܢܐ (sappānē))

1. sailor, mariner

   Synonyms: ܡܠܚܐ, ܐܠܦܪܐ

2. ship captain
3. shipwright

• ܣܦܢܝܐ
• ܣܦܢܘܬܐ (sappānūṯā)

• “spn”, 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, page 233b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 386a
• 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, page 1032a