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Root s-y-f

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ↔ Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —s-y-f↔ s-y-f. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: s-y-f
  • ܣܝܼܦܘܿsīpōname
    a male given name, diminutive of ܝܲܘܣܸܦ (yawsip, “Joseph”)
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Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: s-y-f
  • סֵיפָאsēp̄ānoun• tg. Jon. Judg 19:27
    end, distant region
  • סַיְפָּאsaypānoun• tg. Jon. Judg 19:27
    sword, blade
  • סִיפָּאsippānoun• tg. Jon. Judg 19:27
    alternative spelling of סִפָּא (sippā, “threshold; doorpost”)
  • סִיפְתָאsip̄ṯānoun
    lip
Canonical root family: s-y-f