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

Inflection of ܟܘܪܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܘܦ		1st person	ܟܘܪܦܝ		ܟܘܪܦܢ
	construct	ܟܪܘܦ		2nd person	ܟܘܪܦܟ	ܟܘܪܦܟܝ	ܟܘܪܦܟܘܢ	ܟܘܪܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܪܦܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܪܦܗ	ܟܘܪܦܗ	ܟܘܪܦܗܘܢ	ܟܘܪܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܘܪܦܝܢ		1st person	ܟܘܪܦܝ		ܟܘܪܦܝܢ
	construct	ܟܘܪܦܝ		2nd person	ܟܘܪܦܝܟ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟܘܢ	ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܘܪܦܐ		3rd person	ܟܘܪܦܘܗܝ	ܟܘܪܦܝܗ	ܟܘܪܦܝܗܘܢ	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