ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) and Hebrew חִפּוּשִׁית (ḥippûšîṯ). Also compare Classical Syriac ܚܒܫܘܫܬܐ (ḥaḇšuštāʾ, “beetle; leech”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xar.puʃ.taː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xur.paʃ.ta]

Noun

ܚܲܪܦܘܼܫܬܵܐ • (ḥarpuštā) f (plural ܚܲܪ̈ܦܘܼܫܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥarpušyāṯā))

1. dung beetle

Derived terms

• ܡܚܲܪܦܸܫ (mḥarpiš, “to search for food”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) and Hebrew חִפּוּשִׁית (ḥippûšîṯ). Also compare ܚܒܫܘܫܬܐ (ḥaḇšuštāʾ, “beetle; leech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarpuʃtɑ]

Noun

ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܐ)

1. dung beetle

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܪܦܘܫܐ		1st person	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܝ		ܚܪܦܘܫܬܢ
	construct	ܚܪܦܘܫܬ		2nd person	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟ	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟܝ	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟܘܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗ	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗ	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗܘܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܢ		1st person	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܝ		ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܢ
	construct	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬ		2nd person	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟܝ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟܘܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗܘܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥrpwšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• 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 494b