ܟܦܘܪܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܦ-ܪ (k-p-r) related to denying.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑfortɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɑforɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܦܘܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܦܘܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܟܦܘܪܐ)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܦܘܪܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܦܘܪܐ		1st person	ܟܦܘܪܬܝ		ܟܦܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܟܦܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܟܦܘܪܬܟ	ܟܦܘܪܬܟܝ	ܟܦܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܟܦܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܦܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܦܘܪܬܗ	ܟܦܘܪܬܗ	ܟܦܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܟܦܘܪܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܦܘܪܢ		1st person	ܟܦܘܪܬܢ		ܟܦܘܪܬܢ
	construct	ܟܦܘܪܬ		2nd person	ܟܦܘܪܬܟ	ܟܦܘܪܬܟܝ	ܟܦܘܪܬܟܘܢ	ܟܦܘܪܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܦܘܪܬܐ		3rd person	ܟܦܘܪܬܗ	ܟܦܘܪܬܗ	ܟܦܘܪܬܗܘܢ	ܟܦܘܪܬܗܝܢ

References

• “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