ܐܦܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic אַפַּיָּא (ʾappayyā), originally the plural of the archaic word meaning nose, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-; compare Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf), Hebrew אַף (af), Akkadian 𒀊𒁍𒌝 (appum).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔappeː]
Noun
ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ • (appē) f pl (plural only)
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| plural | absolute | ܐܲܦܝܼ̈ܢ (apīn) | 1st person | ܐܲܦܝܼ̈ (apī) | ܐܲܦܲܢ̈ (appan) | |||
| construct | ܐܲܦܲܝ̈ (appay) | 2nd person | ܐܲܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (apōḵ) | ܐܲܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (appāḵ) | ܐܲܦܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (appawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ (appē) | 3rd person | ܐܲܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (apūh) | ܐܲܦܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (appōh) | ܐܲܦܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (appayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܠܐܲܦܲܝ̈ (l-appay)
- ܥܲܠ ܐܲܦܲܝ̈ (ˁal appay)
See also
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally the plural of the archaic word ܐܢܦܐ (ʾanpā, “nose”); not used in Classical Syriac. Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔanp- (“nose, nostril”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔappe]
Noun
ܐܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural only; not used in singular form)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | (ܐܢܦ) | 1st person | (ܐܢܦܝ) | (ܐܢܦܢ) | |||
| construct | (ܐܢܦ) | 2nd person | (ܐܢܦܟ) | (ܐܢܦܟܝ) | (ܐܢܦܟܘܢ) | (ܐܢܦܟܝܢ) | ||
| emphatic | (ܐܢܦܐ) | 3rd person | (ܐܢܦܗ) | (ܐܢܦܗ) | (ܐܢܦܗܘܢ) | (ܐܢܦܗܝܢ) | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܦܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܦܝ | ܐܦܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܦܝ | 2nd person | ܐܦܝܟ | ܐܦܝܟܝ | ܐܦܝܟܘܢ | ܐܦܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܦܝܐ , | 3rd person | ܐܦܘܗܝ | ܐܦܝܗ | ܐܦܝܗܘܢ | ܐܦܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
References
- “ˀpyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 17a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 21b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, pages 85a–b