ܢܦܛܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܘܦܛܪܐ, ܢܦܛܪܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naftˤe(j)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [naftˤe(j)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܛܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܦܛܝܪܐ)

1. torch, lantern, lamp

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܦܛܝܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܦܛܝܪ		1st person	ܢܦܛܝܪܝ		ܢܦܛܝܪܢ
	construct	ܢܦܛܝܪ		2nd person	ܢܦܛܝܪܟ	ܢܦܛܝܪܟܝ	ܢܦܛܝܪܟܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܦܛܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܢܦܛܝܪܗ	ܢܦܛܝܪܗ	ܢܦܛܝܪܗܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܢ		1st person	ܢܦܛܝܪܝ		ܢܦܛܝܪܝܢ
	construct	ܢܦܛܝܪܝ		2nd person	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܟ	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܟܝ	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܟܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܦܛܝܪܐ		3rd person	ܢܦܛܝܪܘܗܝ	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܗ	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܗܘܢ	ܢܦܛܝܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “npṭyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-11
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 207b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 344a
• 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. 930a