ܫܘܦܐ

From Aramaic שַׁופָּא (šawpā, “friction; polish, filling”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑw.pɑː]

ܫܲܘܦܵܐ • (šawpā) m sg (plural ܫܲܘܦܹ̈ܐ (šawpē) or ܫܲܘܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (šawpānē) or ܫܲܘܦܵܦܹ̈ܐ (šawpāpē))

1. the concept of what results from something having made contact with another thing, loosely defined as a trace, mark, touch, or residue, even when not noticeable, traceable, or imprinted.

   ܗ̇ܘ ܟܵܣܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܹܗ ܫܵܘܦܹܗ، ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܫܵܬܹܝܢ ܡܸܢܹܗ

   awa kāsā īṯ lēh šāwpēh, lā kē šātēn minnēh

   That glass has his touch, I won’t drink from it.

   ܗܵܢܵܐ ܡܵܐܢܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܹܗ ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܥܹ̈ܐ ܟܲܕ݂ ܛܵܒ݂ ܩܸܡ ܡܚܲܠܠܲܬܝ ܠܹܗ

   hānā mānā īṯ bēh šāwpā d-bēˁē kaḏ ṭāḇ qim mḥallat lēh

   This plate has the trace of eggs even though you washed it.

2. site, place, spot (the location of an object, person, event, or similar)

   Synonym: ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ (dukṯā)

   ܡܲܕܥܸܪ ܠܹܗ ܒܫܵܘܦܹܗ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ ― madˁir lēh b-šāwpēh ādīyā ― Put it back now! (literally, “Return it in its place now!”)

   ܬܲܪܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܵܐ ܘܡܲܕ݂ܪܲܫܬܵܐ. ― tarbīṯā gāw šāwpā d-pulḥānā w-maḏraštā. ― Education in the workplace and schools.

   ܣܘܼܚܒܸܪ ܠܹܗ ܫܵܘܦܹ̈ܐ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܝܘܿܠܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܵܝܹܐ. ― suḥbir lēh šāwpē arkyōlōḡīyāyē. ― He visited the archeological sites.

3. Ellipsis of ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܐܸܠܝܼܩܲܛܪܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (šāwpā ilīqaṭrōnāyā). website, Internet site.

   ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܕܦܪܵܣܢܵܘܠܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ ― šāwpā d-prāsnāwlā qammāyā ― the first Internet site

   ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܪܘܼܫܡܵܝܵܐ ― šāwpā rušmāyā ― the official site

4. Ellipsis of ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܕܥܲܩܠܵܐ (šāwpā d-ˁaqlā). footprint

   Synonym: ܕܘܼܪܟܬ݂ܵܐ (durkṯā)

• ܫܘܿܦ (šōp, “instead of”)

From the root ܫ-ܘ-ܦ (š-w-p) related to smearing. Compare Old Armenian շփեմ (špʻem), an Aramaic borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [ʃawpɑ(ʔ)], [ʃofɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃawpe(ʔ)], [ʃofe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܫܘܦܐ • (šawpā) m (plural ܫܘܦܐ)

1. friction, attrition, chafing, scratching, rubbing
2. (medicine) inflammation of the skin caused by riding or walking
3. polish, polishing, dyeing, embellishing
4. stain
5. filing, metal scrap
6. pounding
7. brooding, incubation
8. (dialectal) staff

• IPA^(key): [ʃofɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃofe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܫܘܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܦܐ)

1. Alternative form of ܐܫܘܦܐ

• “šwp”, 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, p. 363b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 567a-b
• 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. 1533a