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nwṭph, nwṭptˀ (nuṭpā [nuṭṭəp̄ā?], nuṭpəṯā) n.f. drop
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drop
Syr
DeMundo 142:1↗ ܘܫܘܚܠܦܐ ܕܢܘܛܦ̈ܬܗ݀ ܗ݀ܘܐ ܩܢ݂ܐ݂܂ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܫ̈ܘܚܠܦܐ ܕܥܪܨܗ݀ ܕܥܢܢܐ‏ : a difference in (the rain's) drops is acquired according to differences in the cloud's pressure ; P Is40:15↗ ܢܘܛܦܬܐ ܡܢ ܩܕܣܐ‏ ; P Job36:27↗ ܢܘ̈ܛܦܝ ܡܛܪܐ‏
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sperm
Syr
BhBS.Phys 1.2.2 ܢܘܛܦ̈ܬܐ ܚܝܘ̈ܬܐ‏ : drops: (that become) animals
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liquid used in drops, infusion substance
Syr
JEhCh 138b:1 ܢܘܛܦܬܐ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܡܢ ܐܝ̈ܠܢܐ ܕܟܝܘܣ ܓܙܪܬܐ܃ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ ܡܐܣܛܝܟܝ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܟܝܐ‏ : that dripping liquid from the trees of Chios island called gum, i.e., Chios mastic
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pl. ܢܘ̈ܛܦܐ‏ and ܢܘ̈ܛܦܬܐ‏.
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For the use as a "drop of sperm" see now Florian U. Jäckel, "Arabic nuṭfah and Syriac nuṭptā in Avicenna’s and Barhebraeus’s Works: Substantial Change, Embryology, and Ensoulment", Hugoye 26(2023):377-414.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 898[426]J. Payne-Smith: 332

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