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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic אֵסְכּוּפְתָא (ʾeskūp̄ətā) / אִיסְכּוּפְתָא (ʾiskūp̄ətā) ܐܶܣܟܽܘܦܬܳܐ (ʾeskūp̄əṯā, threshold, lintel), from Akkadian 𒄿𒇻 (KUN4 /⁠askuppatu⁠/, threshold, lintel), from 𒄿𒇻 (KUN4 /⁠askuppu⁠/, stone slab; threshold, lintel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أُسْكُفَّة (ʔuskuffaf (plural أُسْكُفَّات (ʔuskuffāt))

  1. lintel, doorstep, doorsill, windowsill, threshold

Declension

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References

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  • ˀskwph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 19
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “أسكفة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 37
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