ܟܪܒܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Via Middle Persian from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [karbɑsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [karbɑse] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܒܣܐ • (karbāsā) m (plural ܟܪܒܣܐ (karbāsē))

1. fine linen, cambric, muslin, lawn
2. (possibly) broker

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܪܒܣܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܪܒܣ		1st person	ܟܪܒܣܝ		ܟܪܒܣܢ
	construct	ܟܪܒܣ		2nd person	ܟܪܒܣܟ	ܟܪܒܣܟܝ	ܟܪܒܣܟܘܢ	ܟܪܒܣܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܒܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܒܣܗ	ܟܪܒܣܗ	ܟܪܒܣܗܘܢ	ܟܪܒܣܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܪܒܣܝܢ		1st person	ܟܪܒܣܝ		ܟܪܒܣܝܢ
	construct	ܟܪܒܣܝ		2nd person	ܟܪܒܣܝܟ	ܟܪܒܣܝܟܝ	ܟܪܒܣܝܟܘܢ	ܟܪܒܣܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܪܒܣܐ		3rd person	ܟܪܒܣܘܗܝ	ܟܪܒܣܝܗ	ܟܪܒܣܝܗܘܢ	ܟܪܒܣܝܗܝܢ

References

• “krbs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-19
• “krps²”, 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 161b
• Löw, Immanuel (1914–1915) “Karpas”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[1] (in German), volume 29, pages 247–264
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 236
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 224b
• 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, page 647a