ܛܦܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *θ̣upr-, *θ̣ipr-. The senses “onycha” and “onyx” are semantic loans of Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tˤɛfrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [tˤɛfre], [tˤɛfrɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܛܦܪܐ • (ṭep̄rā) f (plural ܛܦܪܬܐ or ܛܦܪܐ)
- (anatomy) fingernail, toenail
- (figuratively) anything resembling a nail
- claw, talon, hoof
- crag
- (pathology) hypopyon
- onycha
- onyx
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܛܦܪ | 1st person | ܛܦܪܝ | ܛܦܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܛܦܪ | 2nd person | ܛܦܪܟ | ܛܦܪܟܝ | ܛܦܪܟܘܢ | ܛܦܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܛܦܪܗ | ܛܦܪܗ | ܛܦܪܗܘܢ | ܛܦܪܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܛܦܪܢ ,ܛܦܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܛܦܪܬܝ ,ܛܦܪܝ | ܛܦܪܬܢ ,ܛܦܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܛܦܪܬ ,ܛܦܪܝ | 2nd person | ܛܦܪܬܟ ,ܛܦܪܝܟ | ܛܦܪܬܟܝ ,ܛܦܪܝܟܝ | ܛܦܪܬܟܘܢ ,ܛܦܪܝܟܘܢ | ܛܦܪܬܟܝܢ ,ܛܦܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܛܦܪܬܐ , | 3rd person | ܛܦܪܬܗ ,ܛܦܪܘܗܝ | ܛܦܪܬܗ ,ܛܦܪܝܗ | ܛܦܪܬܗܘܢ ,ܛܦܪܝܗܘܢ | ܛܦܪܬܗܝܢ ,ܛܦܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ṭpr”, 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 131b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 181a
- 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, page 548a