ܩܦܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic قَفَا (qafā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [qɑfjɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [qɑfje] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

(anatomy) nape, cervical vertebrae

Inflection

Inflection of **ܩܦܝܐ**
	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
	state	form		person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܦܝ		1^st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝ		2^nd person	ܩܦܝܟ	ܩܦܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3^rd person	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܦܝܝܢ		1^st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝܝ		2^nd person	ܩܦܝܝܟ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3^rd person	ܩܦܝܘܗܝ	ܩܦܝܝܗ	ܩܦܝܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ ܦ ܐ related to heaping up.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑjɑ], [qɛfjɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑje], [qɛfje] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

heap, mass, flotsam

Inflection

Inflection of **ܩܦܝܐ**
	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
	state	form		person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܦܝ		1^st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝ		2^nd person	ܩܦܝܟ	ܩܦܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3^rd person	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܦܝܝܢ		1^st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝܝ		2^nd person	ܩܦܝܝܟ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3^rd person	ܩܦܝܘܗܝ	ܩܦܝܝܗ	ܩܦܝܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܝܢ

References

“qpy”, 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 325a, b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 513b
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 1391a