ܓܦܬܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā) (uncontracted)
Etymology
[edit]From the earlier uncontracted form ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā), from the root ܓ-ܦ-ܢ (ɡ-p-n) related to digging; compare Arabic جَفْنَة (jafna), Hebrew גֶּפֶן (gép̄en).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܓܦܬܐ • (gəp̄ettā) f (plural ܓܘܦܢܐ (gup̄nē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܦܢܐ | 1st person | ܓܦܬܝ | ܓܦܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܦܢܬ | 2nd person | ܓܦܬܟ | ܓܦܬܟܝ | ܓܦܬܟܘܢ | ܓܦܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܦܬܐ | 3rd person | ܓܦܬܗ | ܓܦܬܗ | ܓܦܬܗܘܢ | ܓܦܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܘܦܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܘܦܢܝ | ܓܘܦܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܘܦܢܝ | 2nd person | ܓܘܦܢܝܟ | ܓܘܦܢܝܟܝ | ܓܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ | ܓܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܘܦܢܐ | 3rd person | ܓܘܦܢܘܗܝ | ܓܘܦܢܝܗ | ܓܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ | ܓܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “gptˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-22
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76b
- 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, page 254b