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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܘܿܦܝܺܣܛܳܐ (sōpisṭā, sophist) or its nisba derivation ܣܘܿܦܝܺܣܛܳܝܳܐ (sōp̄isṭāyā, sophistic) from Ancient Greek σοφιστής (sophistḗs) and +‎ ـَاء (-āʔ, feminine ending, sometimes for Aramaic emphatic state) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba, expresses relation or pertinence).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saf.sa.tˤaː.ʔijj/

Adjective

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سَفْسَطَائِيّ (safsaṭāʔiyy) (feminine سَفْسَطَائِيَّة (safsaṭāʔiyya), masculine plural سَفْسَطَائِيُّونَ (safsaṭāʔiyyūna), feminine plural سَفْسَطَائِيَّات (safsaṭāʔiyyāt))

  1. sophist

Declension

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Noun

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سَفْسَطَائِيّ (safsaṭāʔiyym (plural سَفْسَطَائِيُّونَ (safsaṭāʔiyyūna), feminine سَفْسَطَائِيَّة (safsaṭāʔiyya))

  1. sophist

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • swpysṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 491a
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 640
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سفسطائي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 658b
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “سفسطائي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 422b