ܩܠܦܬܐ

Compare Arabic قِلَافَة (qilāfa) and Hebrew קְלִפָּה (qəlippâ).

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lɑftɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lɑfe], [q(ə)lɑfɑθɑ] (plural)

ܩܠܦܬܐ • (qlāp̄tā) f (plural ܩܠܦܬܐ (qlāp̄āṯā) or ܩܠܦܐ (qlāp̄ē))

1. any outer covering able to be peeled off; peel, husk, rind, chaff, pod, shell
2. tree bark, fish scale, egg shell
3. (pathology) scab, scale, flake of skin
4. talc
5. (in the plural) resin

• → Old Armenian: կեղև (kełew)

• “qlph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 670a
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