ܦܘܪܦܥܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܦ-ܪ-ܦ-ܥ (p-r-p-ʿ) related to rinsing; compare Hebrew פִּעְפּוּעַ (piʿpûaʿ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [purˈpɑ.ʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [purˈpɑ.ʕe] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܘܪܦܥܐ (pūrpāʿām (plural ܦܘܪܦܥܐ)

  1. whirlpool, vortex
  2. splashing, flopping, floundering
  3. extravagance, luxury
  4. pleasure, voluptuousness
  5. (in the plural) delicacies, sumptuous foods

Inflection

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References

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  • pwrpˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-01-14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 290b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 439b
  • 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. 1172a-b