ܨܰܪܦܽܘܢܳܐ [?] ṣrpwnʾ ṣarpunā kermes
Allotropes: ܨܲܪܦܘܼܩܵܐ ṣrpwqʾ ṣarpuqā; ܨܪܢܘܦܐ ṣrnwpʾ; ܨܪܒܘܩܐ ṣrbwqʾ (emendation from ṣrbwbʾ BB 1680, 6) scil. ܨܪܦܘܩܐ ṣrpwqʾ, Bh de div. sap. 9, 3; ܨܹܪܢܘܼܦܵܐ ṣrnwpʾ ṣernupā emendation from ܨܪܦܘܩܐ ṣrpwqʾ BB 1682u
Perhaps cf. MP srub [sl(w)p] lead (CPD 77); MP srubēn [sl(w)pyn'] leaden (ibid.); NP surb, usrub lead (Steingass 57; Horn 161: cf. Av. sru- id.); this etymon, proposed by Fraenkel 1886, 186, does not seem convincing ● BB 1683, 14 ◆ LS 637a; 638a; 639a; cf. Löw 250; PS Comp. 485