| Eastern Syriac : | ܐ݇ܫܵܦܵܐ |
| Western Syriac : | ܐ݇ܫܳܦܳܐ |
| Eastern phonetic : | & ' ša: pa: |
| Category : | verb |
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| English : | to rub , to pass over with a brushing movement ; |
| French : | frotter , frictionner ; |
| Dialect : | Eastern Syriac |
| Hebrew : | shayef שַיֵיף «to sand» «poncer» |
To rub is שפשף shaf-shef in Hebrew.