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ܟܦܘܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܟ-ܦ-ܪ related to denying. Compare Arabic كَافِر (kāfir) and Hebrew כּוֹפֵר (kōp̄ēr).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɑforɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑfore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܦܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܦܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܦܘܪܬܐ)

  1. pagan, heathen
  2. unbeliever, infidel
  3. negator, denier, apostate

Inflection

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Inflection of ܟܦܘܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܦܘܪ 1st person ܟܦܘܪܝ ܟܦܘܪܢ
construct ܟܦܘܪ 2nd person ܟܦܘܪܟ ܟܦܘܪܟܝ ܟܦܘܪܟܘܢ ܟܦܘܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܦܘܪܐ 3rd person ܟܦܘܪܗ ܟܦܘܪܗ ܟܦܘܪܗܘܢ ܟܦܘܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܦܘܪܝܢ 1st person ܟܦܘܪܝ ܟܦܘܪܝܢ
construct ܟܦܘܪܝ 2nd person ܟܦܘܪܝܟ ܟܦܘܪܝܟܝ ܟܦܘܪܝܟܘܢ ܟܦܘܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܦܘܪܐ 3rd person ܟܦܘܪܘܗܝ ܟܦܘܪܝܗ ܟܦܘܪܝܗܘܢ ܟܦܘܪܝܗܝܢ

References

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  • kpwr”, 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. 160b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 222a-b
  • 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. 642a