ܟܦܪܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit](village): From Akkadian 𒅗𒀊𒊒 (kaprum, “farm, village; a settlement outside of a city”), considered to be from the non-Akkadian “Mari language”, that is to be formed either in the unknown East Semitic or the unknown Amorite language spoken there.
(tomb): Compare Nabataean Aramaic 𐢏𐢘𐢛𐢀 (kfrʾ, “tomb”), Dadanitic 𐪋𐪐𐪇 (kfrʾ, “tomb”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܟܦܪܐ • (kap̄rā) m (plural ܟܦܪܐ (kap̄rē))
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܦܪ | 1st person | ܟܦܪܝ | ܟܦܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܦܪ | 2nd person | ܟܦܪܟ | ܟܦܪܟܝ | ܟܦܪܟܘܢ | ܟܦܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܦܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܦܪܗ | ܟܦܪܗ | ܟܦܪܗܘܢ | ܟܦܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܦܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܦܪܝ | ܟܦܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܦܪܝ | 2nd person | ܟܦܪܝܟ | ܟܦܪܝܟܝ | ܟܦܪܝܟܘܢ | ܟܦܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܦܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܦܪܘܗܝ | ܟܦܪܝܗ | ܟܦܪܝܗܘܢ | ܟܦܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
[edit]- ܟܦܪܘܢܐ (kap̄rōnā)
References
[edit]- “kpr”, 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, page 161a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 223b
- 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, pages 645a–b