ܡܥܦܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܦ-ܪ (ʿ-p-r) related to cloaking. Compare Mishnaic Hebrew מַעְפּוֹרֶת (maʿpốreṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʕp(ə)rɑ(ʔ)], [m(ə)ʕafrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maʕp(ə)re(ʔ)], [m(ə)ʕafre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܥܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܥܦܪܐ)

1. cloak, hood
2. (ecclesiastical) large square linen eucharistic vestment, amice, cope

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܥܦܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܥܦܪ		1st person	ܡܥܦܪܝ		ܡܥܦܪܢ
	construct	ܡܥܦܪ		2nd person	ܡܥܦܪܟ	ܡܥܦܪܟܝ	ܡܥܦܪܟܘܢ	ܡܥܦܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܥܦܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܥܦܪܗ	ܡܥܦܪܗ	ܡܥܦܪܗܘܢ	ܡܥܦܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܥܦܪܝܢ		1st person	ܡܥܦܪܝ		ܡܥܦܪܝܢ
	construct	ܡܥܦܪܝ		2nd person	ܡܥܦܪܝܟ	ܡܥܦܪܝܟܝ	ܡܥܦܪܝܟܘܢ	ܡܥܦܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܥܦܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܥܦܪܘܗܝ	ܡܥܦܪܝܗ	ܡܥܦܪܝܗܘܢ	ܡܥܦܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mˁpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 260a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a
• 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. 803b