ܚܘܦܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܢ (ḥ-p-n); compare Arabic حَفْنَة (ḥafna), حُفْنَة (ḥufna), Hebrew חֹפֶן (ḥṓp̄en).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈħuf.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈħuf.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܚܘܦܢܐ • (ḥūp̄nā) f (plural ܚܘܦܢܐ)

1. handful, fistful
2. (anatomy) hollow or palm of the hand
3. kind of measure
4. (pathology) kind of sore

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܘܦܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܦܘܢ		1st person	ܚܘܦܢܝ		ܚܘܦܢܢ
	construct	ܚܦܘܢ		2nd person	ܚܘܦܢܟ	ܚܘܦܢܟܝ	ܚܘܦܢܟܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܘܦܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܘܦܢܗ	ܚܘܦܢܗ	ܚܘܦܢܗܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܘܦܢܝܢ		1st person	ܚܘܦܢܝ		ܚܘܦܢܝܢ
	construct	ܚܘܦܢܝ		2nd person	ܚܘܦܢܝܟ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟܝ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܘܦܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܘܦܢܘܗܝ	ܚܘܦܢܝܗ	ܚܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥwpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-11-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 100a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 133a
• 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 429b