ܟܦܘܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܟ ܦ ܪ (k p r) |
| 2 terms |
Active noun of ܟܵܦܹܪ (kāpēr, “to deny”); compare Arabic كَافِر (kāfir) and Hebrew כּוֹפֵר (kofér).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܟܵܦܘܿܪܵܐ • (kāpōrā) m (plural ܟܵܦܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (kāpōrē), feminine ܟܵܦܘܿܪܬܵܐ (kāpōrtā))
- pagan, heathen
- unbeliever, infidel
- negator, denier, apostate
- Synonyms: ܓܵܠܘܿܙܵܐ (gālōzā), ܣܵܪܘܿܒ݂ܵܐ (sārōḇā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ (kāpōr) | 1st person | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܝܼ (kāpōrī) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܲܢ (kāpōran) | |||
| construct | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ (kāpōr) | 2nd person | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܘܼܟ݂ (kāpōrōḵ) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܵܟ݂ܝ (kāpōrāḵ) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kāpōrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܵܐ (kāpōrā) | 3rd person | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܹܗ (kāpōrēh) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܵܗ̇ (kāpōrāh) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܗܘܿܢ (kāpōrhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܝܼܢ (kāpōrīn) | 1st person | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܝܼ (kāpōrī) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܲܢ (kāpōran) | |||
| construct | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܲܝ (kāpōray) | 2nd person | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (kāpōrōḵ) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (kāpōrāḵ) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kāpōrawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܵܦܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (kāpōrē) | 3rd person | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (kāpōrūh) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (kāpōrōh) | ܟܵܦܘܿܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (kāpōrayhōn) | |||
Adjective
ܟܵܦܘܿܪܵܐ • (kāpōrā) (feminine ܟܵܦܘܿܪܬܵܐ (kāpōrtā), plural ܟܵܦܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (kāpōrē))
- pagan, heathen
- unbeliever, infidel
- negator, denier, apostate
- bad, horrible, lousy
- ܒܐܲܝܢܵܐ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܟܵܦܘܿܪܵܐ ܗܘܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂
- b-aynā yawmā kāpōrā hwē lōḵ
- On which crappy day were you born?
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܟ ܦ ܪ related to denying. Compare Arabic كَافِر (kāfir) and Hebrew כּוֹפֵר (kōp̄ēr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑforɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [kɑfore] (plural)
Noun
ܟܦܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܦܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܦܘܪܬܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܦܘܪ | 1st person | ܟܦܘܪܝ | ܟܦܘܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܦܘܪ | 2nd person | ܟܦܘܪܟ | ܟܦܘܪܟܝ | ܟܦܘܪܟܘܢ | ܟܦܘܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܦܘܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܦܘܪܗ | ܟܦܘܪܗ | ܟܦܘܪܗܘܢ | ܟܦܘܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܦܘܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܦܘܪܝ | ܟܦܘܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܦܘܪܝ | 2nd person | ܟܦܘܪܝܟ | ܟܦܘܪܝܟܝ | ܟܦܘܪܝܟܘܢ | ܟܦܘܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܦܘܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܦܘܪܘܗܝ | ܟܦܘܪܝܗ | ܟܦܘܪܝܗܘܢ | ܟܦܘܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “kpwr”, 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 160b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 222a–b
- 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 642a