A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g157-tupas-xrefuncertain

lemma

unvoc
voc
translit
pos cross-reference
gloss_en a variant spelling of ܛܘܦܣܐ 'type' (p. 156)
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
see v. ܛܘܦܣܐ

primer_note

⭐ A cross-reference from one spelling of the Greek loan τύπος to another, five glyphs against six — the same word entered twice, as ὑπομνήματα was on pp. 134 and 149.

uncertain yes

uncertain_note

⚠ STRUCTURE resolved, exact spellings not, 2026-09-01 (Step-3 follow-up). Both the head and the target are ܛܘܦܣ-shaped and differ by one glyph. High zoom, cross-checked against the confirmed p.156 headword ('ὁ τύπος' = ṭ-w-p-s-ʾ, with a distinctive tall-ascender-with-hook-and-dot Alaph): the word AFTER 'v.' (the target) ends in that same confirmed Alaph shape, strongly suggesting the target is (or is very close to) ṭupsā itself. The word BEFORE 'v.' (the head, printed first, standard 'see' format) ends instead in a different, low flat wide hook — a real but unidentified final letter. So: head-word-then-target order is settled and the target is very plausibly the ṭupsā spelling itself; the head's exact final letter (and the middle 'double-hump' cluster in both words) remain unresolved.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 157
leaf n246