ܦܘܪܦܥܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܦ ܪ ܦ ܥ related to rinsing; compare Hebrew פִּעְפּוּעַ (piʿpûaʿ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [purˈpɑ.ʕɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [purˈpɑ.ʕe] (plural)
Noun
ܦܘܪܦܥܐ • (pūrpāʿā) m (plural ܦܘܪܦܥܐ)
- whirlpool, vortex
- splashing, flopping, floundering
- extravagance, luxury
- pleasure, voluptuousness
- (in the plural) delicacies, sumptuous foods
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܘܪܦܥ | 1st person | ܦܘܪܦܥܝ | ܦܘܪܦܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܘܪܦܥ | 2nd person | ܦܘܪܦܥܟ | ܦܘܪܦܥܟܝ | ܦܘܪܦܥܟܘܢ | ܦܘܪܦܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܘܪܦܥܐ | 3rd person | ܦܘܪܦܥܗ | ܦܘܪܦܥܗ | ܦܘܪܦܥܗܘܢ | ܦܘܪܦܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܦܘܪܦܥܝ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܦܘܪܦܥܝ | 2nd person | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟܝ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟܘܢ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܦܘܪܦܥܐ | 3rd person | ܦܘܪܦܥܘܗܝ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܗ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܗܘܢ | ܦܘܪܦܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “pwrpˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 14 January 2017
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 290b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 439b
- 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 1172a–b