ܣܰܦܣܵܪܳܐ [?] spsrʾ sap̄sārā 1. factor, broker; 2. plur. empty talk
Derivatives: ܣܲܦܣܲܪ spsr sap̄sar to make a bid, met. to talk idly; ܣܘܼܦܣܵܪܵܐ swpsrʾ sup̄sārā a bid; ܣܘܼܦܣܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ swpsrwtʾ sup̄sārūṯā chat, idle talk
The comparison, made by LS, with NP sipsār a broker; a woman mediating marriages (Steingass 652) seems very doubtful; in any case, the Syr. term is early attested and would have been borrowed from MP ● spsrʾ factor, broker ES 3, 662E; 666D; empty talk ES 2, 459D; spsr ES Nis 7, 3; 55, 94; Th Marg 1, 386, 19; met. to talk idly MiS 435a 22 (= Chr an 1, 284, 19 = Bh chr 108, 15); 518, 29; swpsrʾ Philox 121, 10; Narsai 2, 335, 16; JSB 5, 846, 20; AS 2, 187, 4; EN 69, 94; BA 6235; swpsrwtʾ Card 66u ◆ LS 491b: from Pers. سيسار Sachau ad Muʿarrab 40, Fraenkel 1886, 186, Arab. سمسار cf. Lidzbarski 1898, 420