ܟܢܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kanap-. Compare Arabic كَنَف (kanaf) and Hebrew כָּנָף (kānāp̄). The sense of "pterygium" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛn(ə)fɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛn(ə)fe(ʔ)], [kɛn(ə)fɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܢܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܢܦܬܐ or ܟܢܦܐ)

1. side, edge, border, outer part
2. wing
3. (anatomy) lap, bosom, arms
4. (sewing) flap, hem; skirt, cloak
5. (geography) bay, gulf
6. covering, overshadowing, protection
7. pinnacle, peak
8. (architecture) battlement, merlon
9. (military) wing of an army
10. vessel for flour
11. (medicine) pterygium

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܢܦܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܢܦ		1st person	ܟܢܦܝ		ܟܢܦܢ
	construct	ܟܢܦ		2nd person	ܟܢܦܟ	ܟܢܦܟܝ	ܟܢܦܟܘܢ	ܟܢܦܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܢܦܐ		3rd person	ܟܢܦܗ	ܟܢܦܗ	ܟܢܦܗܘܢ	ܟܢܦܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܢܦܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܢ		1st person	ܟܢܦܬܝ ,ܟܢܦܝ		ܟܢܦܬܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܢ
	construct	ܟܢܦܬ ,ܟܢܦܝ		2nd person	ܟܢܦܬܟ ,ܟܢܦܝܟ	ܟܢܦܬܟܝ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܝ	ܟܢܦܬܟܘܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܘܢ	ܟܢܦܬܟܝܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܢܦܬܐ ,ܟܢܦܐ		3rd person	ܟܢܦܬܗ ,ܟܢܦܘܗܝ	ܟܢܦܬܗ ,ܟܢܦܝܗ	ܟܢܦܬܗܘܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܗܘܢ	ܟܢܦܬܗܝܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܝܘܬ ܟܢܦܐ
• ܟܢܦ
• ܟܢܦܝ ܫܒܚܝܢ
• ܡܟܢܦܘܬܐ

References

• “knp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 158a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 218b-219a
• 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. 636a-b