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ܟܦܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܟ ܦ ܢ related to being hungry. Compare Hebrew כָּפָן (kāp̄ān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kafnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kafne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܦܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܦܢܐ)

  1. hunger, famine
  2. scarcity
Inflection
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Inflection of ܟܦܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܟܦܢ 1st person ܟܦܢܝ ܟܦܢܢ
construct ܟܦܢ 2nd person ܟܦܢܟ ܟܦܢܟܝ ܟܦܢܟܘܢ ܟܦܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܦܢܐ 3rd person ܟܦܢܗ ܟܦܢܗ ܟܦܢܗܘܢ ܟܦܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܟܦܢܝܢ 1st person ܟܦܢܝ ܟܦܢܝܢ
construct ܟܦܢܝ 2nd person ܟܦܢܝܟ ܟܦܢܝܟܝ ܟܦܢܝܟܘܢ ܟܦܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܟܦܢܐ 3rd person ܟܦܢܘܗܝ ܟܦܢܝܗ ܟܦܢܝܗܘܢ ܟܦܢܝܗܝܢ
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܟܦܢܐ (transliteration needed)

  1. emphatic plural of ܟܦܬܐ

References

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  • kpn”, 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. 222b
  • 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. 643b