ܟܘܪܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Akkadian kuppû (“a type of snake”). Also found in Turoyo ܟܷܪܦܐ (kërfo, “snake”) and Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kurpaː]

Noun

ܟܘܼܪܦܵܐ • (kurpā) ?

1. viper

   Synonym: ܐܸܡܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܘܹܐ (immā dḥūwē)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkur.pɑ], [ˈkor.pɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈkur.pe], [ˈkor.pe] (plural)

Noun

A viper

ܟܘܪܦܐ • (kūrpā, kōrpā) c (plural ܟܘܪܦܐ)

1. viper, asp

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܟܘܪܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܪܘܦ	ܟܘܪܦܝܢ
construct	ܟܪܘܦ	ܟܘܪܦܝ
emphatic	ܟܘܪܦܐ	ܟܘܪܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܘܪܦܝ	ܟܘܪܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܘܪܦܟ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܘܪܦܟܝ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܘܪܦܗ	ܟܘܪܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܘܪܦܗ	ܟܘܪܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܘܪܦܢ	ܟܘܪܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܘܪܦܟܘܢ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܘܪܦܟܝܢ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܘܪܦܗܘܢ	ܟܘܪܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܘܪܦܗܝܢ	ܟܘܪܦܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܐܟܕܢܐ (ʾāḵeḏnā)

References

• “kwrpˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-08
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 163b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 211b
• 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, p. 615a