ܦܘܪܦܥܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܦܘܪܦܥܐ • (pūrpāʿā) m (plural ܦܘܪܦܥܐ)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܦܘܪܦܥܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܦܘܪܦܥ		1st person	ܦܘܪܦܥܝ		ܦܘܪܦܥܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܦܥ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܦܥܟ	ܦܘܪܦܥܟܝ	ܦܘܪܦܥܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܦܥܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܦܥܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܦܥܗ	ܦܘܪܦܥܗ	ܦܘܪܦܥܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܦܥܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܢ		1st person	ܦܘܪܦܥܝ		ܦܘܪܦܥܝܢ
	construct	ܦܘܪܦܥܝ		2nd person	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟ	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟܝ	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟܘܢ	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܦܘܪܦܥܐ		3rd person	ܦܘܪܦܥܘܗܝ	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܗ	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܗܘܢ	ܦܘܪܦܥܝܗܝܢ

References

• “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