ܩܠܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 20 August 2015

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܠ-ܦ (q-l-p) related to peeling. Compare Arabic قِلَافَة (qilāfa) and Hebrew קְלִפָּה (qəlippâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lɑftɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lɑfe], [q(ə)lɑfɑθɑ] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܠܦܬܐ • (qlāp̄tā) f (plural ܩܠܦܬܐ (qlāp̄āṯā) or ܩܠܦܐ (qlāp̄ē))

1. any outer covering able to be peeled off; peel, husk, rind, chaff, pod, shell
2. tree bark, fish scale, egg shell
3. (pathology) scab, scale, flake of skin
4. talc
5. (in the plural) resin

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܠܦܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܠܦܐ		1st person	ܩܠܦܬܝ		ܩܠܦܬܢ
	construct	ܩܠܦܬ		2nd person	ܩܠܦܬܟ	ܩܠܦܬܟܝ	ܩܠܦܬܟܘܢ	ܩܠܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܠܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܠܦܬܗ	ܩܠܦܬܗ	ܩܠܦܬܗܘܢ	ܩܠܦܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܠܦܢ		1st person	ܩܠܦܬܢ		ܩܠܦܬܢ
	construct	ܩܠܦܬ		2nd person	ܩܠܦܬܟ	ܩܠܦܬܟܝ	ܩܠܦܬܟܘܢ	ܩܠܦܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܠܦܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܠܦܬܗ	ܩܠܦܬܗ	ܩܠܦܬܗܘܢ	ܩܠܦܬܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: կեղև (kełew)

References

• “qlph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 670a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 321a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507b
• 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 1375a