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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 (k-p-n) 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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See also
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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