ܩܘܦܣܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܩ ܦ ܣ (q p s) |
| 5 terms |
Inherited from Aramaic קַפְסָא (qap̄əsā), from Ancient Greek κάψος (kápsos), from Latin capsus; compare also borrowed into Hebrew קֻפְסָה (kufsá) and Arabic قُفْص (qufṣ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [qup.sɑː]
Noun
ܩܘܼܦܣܵܐ • (qupsā) m sg (plural ܩܘܼܦܣܹ̈ܐ (qupsē))
- cage, birdcage, pen, coop
- (dialectal) checker, checkbox
- (dated) box or basket, particularly if it is similar in mould to a cage
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܩܘܿܦܲܣ (qōpas) | 1st person | ܩܘܼܦܣܝܼ (qupsī) | ܩܘܼܦܣܲܢ (qupsan) | |||
| construct | ܩܘܿܦܲܣ (qōpas) | 2nd person | ܩܘܼܦܣܘܼܟ݂ (qupsōḵ) | ܩܘܼܦܣܵܟ݂ܝ (qupsāḵ) | ܩܘܼܦܣܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qupsawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܘܼܦܣܵܐ (qupsā) | 3rd person | ܩܘܼܦܣܹܗ (qupsēh) | ܩܘܼܦܣܵܗ̇ (qupsāh) | ܩܘܼܦܣܗܘܿܢ (qupshōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܩܘܼܦܣܝܼ̈ܢ (qupsīn) | 1st person | ܩܘܼܦܣܝܼ̈ (qupsī) | ܩܘܼܦܣܲܢ̈ (qupsan) | |||
| construct | ܩܘܼܦܣܲܝ̈ (qupsay) | 2nd person | ܩܘܼܦܣܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qupsōḵ) | ܩܘܼܦܣܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qupsāḵ) | ܩܘܼܦܣܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qupsawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܩܘܼܦܣܹ̈ܐ (qupsē) | 3rd person | ܩܘܼܦܣܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qupsūh) | ܩܘܼܦܣܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (qupsōh) | ܩܘܼܦܣܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (qupsayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܡܩܲܦܸܣ (mqappis)
- ܡܩܘܼܦܣܵܐ (mqupsā, “cube”)