ܟܘܪܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Akkadian kuppû (“a type of snake”). Also found in Turoyo ܟܷܪܦܐ (kërfo, “snake”) and Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [kurpaː]

Noun

ܟܘܼܪܦܵܐ • (kurpā) ?

  1. viper
    Synonym: ܐܸܡܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܘܹܐ (immā dḥūwē)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkur.pɑ], [ˈkor.pɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈkur.pe], [ˈkor.pe] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܪܦܐ • (kūrpā, kōrpā) c (plural ܟܘܪܦܐ)

  1. viper, asp

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܘܪܦܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܪܘܦ 1st person ܟܘܪܦܝ ܟܘܪܦܢ
construct ܟܪܘܦ 2nd person ܟܘܪܦܟ ܟܘܪܦܟܝ ܟܘܪܦܟܘܢ ܟܘܪܦܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܘܪܦܐ 3rd person ܟܘܪܦܗ ܟܘܪܦܗ ܟܘܪܦܗܘܢ ܟܘܪܦܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܘܪܦܝܢ 1st person ܟܘܪܦܝ ܟܘܪܦܝܢ
construct ܟܘܪܦܝ 2nd person ܟܘܪܦܝܟ ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝ ܟܘܪܦܝܟܘܢ ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܘܪܦܐ 3rd person ܟܘܪܦܘܗܝ ܟܘܪܦܝܗ ܟܘܪܦܝܗܘܢ ܟܘܪܦܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

References

  • “kwrpˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 8 October 2017
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 163b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 211b
  • 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 615a
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