ܥܦܪܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited from Aramaic [Term?]. Compare Classical Syriac ܥܲܦ݂ܪܵܐ, Turoyo ܥܱܦܪܐ (cäfro), Arabic عَفَر (ʕafar), and Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʕɪpraː]
Noun
ܥܸܦܪܵܐ • (ˁiprā) m (uncountable)
See also
- ܐܲܪܥܵܐ (arˁā, “earth”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic عَفَر (ʕafar) and Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʕafrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʕafre] (plural)
Noun
ܥܦܪܐ • (ˁap̄rā) m (plural ܥܦܪܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܦܪ | 1st person | ܥܦܪܝ | ܥܦܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܦܪ | 2nd person | ܥܦܪܟ | ܥܦܪܟܝ | ܥܦܪܟܘܢ | ܥܦܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܦܪܐ | 3rd person | ܥܦܪܗ | ܥܦܪܗ | ܥܦܪܗܘܢ | ܥܦܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܥܦܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܥܦܪܝ | ܥܦܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܦܪܝ | 2nd person | ܥܦܪܝܟ | ܥܦܪܝܟܝ | ܥܦܪܝܟܘܢ | ܥܦܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܦܪܐ | 3rd person | ܥܦܪܘܗܝ | ܥܦܪܝܗ | ܥܦܪܝܗܘܢ | ܥܦܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
Etymology 2
From the root ܥ ܦ ܪ related to cloaking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʕafrɑ], [ʕ(ə)fɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʕafre], [ʕ(ə)fɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܥܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܦܪܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܥܦܪ | 1st person | ܥܦܪܝ | ܥܦܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܦܪ | 2nd person | ܥܦܪܟ | ܥܦܪܟܝ | ܥܦܪܟܘܢ | ܥܦܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܦܪܐ | 3rd person | ܥܦܪܗ | ܥܦܪܗ | ܥܦܪܗܘܢ | ܥܦܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܥܦܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܥܦܪܝ | ܥܦܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܥܦܪܝ | 2nd person | ܥܦܪܝܟ | ܥܦܪܝܟܝ | ܥܦܪܝܟܘܢ | ܥܦܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܥܦܪܐ | 3rd person | ܥܦܪܘܗܝ | ܥܦܪܝܗ | ܥܦܪܝܗܘܢ | ܥܦܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ˁpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 13 December 2011
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 260a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 422b
- 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 1124a–b