ܩܦܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic قَفَا (qafā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɑfjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɑfje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

1. (anatomy) nape, cervical vertebrae

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܦܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܦܝ		1st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝ		2nd person	ܩܦܝܟ	ܩܦܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3rd person	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܦܝܝܢ		1st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝܝ		2nd person	ܩܦܝܝܟ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3rd person	ܩܦܝܘܗܝ	ܩܦܝܝܗ	ܩܦܝܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܐ related to heaping up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑjɑ(ʔ)], [qɛfjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑje(ʔ)], [qɛfje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

1. heap, mass, flotsam

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܦܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܦܝ		1st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝ		2nd person	ܩܦܝܟ	ܩܦܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3rd person	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܦܝܝܢ		1st person	ܩܦܝܝ		ܩܦܝܝܢ
	construct	ܩܦܝܝ		2nd person	ܩܦܝܝܟ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ		3rd person	ܩܦܝܘܗܝ	ܩܦܝܝܗ	ܩܦܝܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 325a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 513b
• 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. 1391a