# ܣܦܪܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic סֵפְרָא (sep̄rā), likely borrowed from Akkadian 𒅆𒅁𒀸 (šiprum, “message, report”); compare Arabic سِفْر (sifr) and Hebrew סֵפֶר (sḗp̄er /⁠séfer⁠/).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [sɪp.rɑː]

#### Noun

ܣܸܦܪܵܐ • (siprā) m sg (plural ܣܸܦܪܹ̈ܐ (siprē))
* document, scroll
    Synonyms: ܐܸܫܛܵܪܵܐ (išṭārā), ܟܸܪܟ݂ܵܐ (kirḵā)
* written book
    Synonym: ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ (kṯāḇā)
* (Christianity, Judaism) a book of the Bible
* (chiefly in the plural) writing, literature, scripture
    Synonym: ܟܬ݂ܝܼ̈ܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܹܐ (kṯīḇāṯē)

##### Derived terms

* ܣܸܦܪܵܝܵܐ (siprāyā)
* ܣܸܦܪܹ̈ܐ ܩܲܕܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ (siprē qadīšē)
* ܣܦܲܪܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ (sparzaḇnā)
* ܣܦܲܪܝܵܘܡܵܐ (sparyāwmā)

### Etymology 2

From Aramaic סָפְרָא (sāp̄ərā), equivalent to the active participle of ܣܵܦܹܪ (sāpēr, “to narrate, scribe”), derived from the above; compare Arabic سَافِر (sāfir) and Hebrew סוֹפֵר (sōp̄ēr /⁠sofér⁠/).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [sɑːprɑː]

#### Noun

ܣܵܦܪܵܐ • (sāprā) m sg (plural ܣܵܦܪܹ̈ܐ (sāprē), feminine ܣܵܦܸܪܬܵܐ (sāpirtā))
* scribe, writer
* clerk, lawyer, notary
* one learned (especially in sacred scriptures)
* (by extension) doctor, person who has attained a doctorate
    Synonym: ܕܘܿܟ݂ܬܘܿܪ (dōḵtōr)

##### Derived terms

* ܣܵܦܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (sāprūṯā)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

Likely borrowed from Akkadian 𒅆𒅁𒀸 (šiprum, “message, report”). Compare Arabic سِفْر (sifr) and Hebrew סֵפֶר (sḗp̄er).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛfrɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [sɛfre] (plural)

#### Noun

ܣܦܪܐ • (sefrā) m (plural ܣܦܪܐ)
* writings
* document, scroll
* book
* literature
* letters, characters
* speech, language

##### Synonyms

* (letters) ܐܬܘܬܐ
* (book, writing) ܟܬܒܐ, ܨܘܪܬܐ
* (language, tongue) ܠܫܢܐ, ܠܥܙܐ

### Etymology 2

From the root ܣ ܦ ܪ related to narrating, derived from above. Compare Arabic سَافِر (sāfir) and Hebrew סוֹפֵר (sōp̄ēr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɑfrɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [sɑfre] (plural)

#### Noun

ܣܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܦܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܣܦܪܬܐ)
* scribe, writer
* clerk
* lawyer, notary
* master, schoolmaster, teacher, doctor
* one learned in sacred scriptures

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From the root ܣ ܦ ܪ related to shearing. Compare Hebrew סַפָּר (sappār).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sappɑrɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [sappɑre] (plural)

#### Noun

ܣܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܦܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܣܦܪܬܐ)
* shearer, barber

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4

Cognate with ܣܦܬܐ (sep̄ṯā, “lip; shore”). Compare Hebrew סְפָר (səp̄ār).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [s(ə)fɑrɑ] (singular)
* IPA: [s(ə)fɑre] (plural)

#### Noun

ܣܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܦܪܐ)
* shore, coast
* riverbank
* border
* edge, margin
* corner

##### Inflection
### References

* “spr”, 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, pages 234b–235a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 387a–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, pages 1035a–b