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ܬܚܦܝܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Root
ܚ ܦ ܐ (ḥ p ˀ)
2 terms

Derived from the verb ܡܲܚܦܹܐ (maḥpē, to cover, plate over).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [taxˈpiːθɑː]

Noun

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ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (taḥpīṯāf sg (plural ܬܲܚ̈ܦܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (taḥpyāṯē))

  1. concealment, covering, veil
  2. disguise, mask, cloak
  3. (modern) face covering, surgical mask, mask; gas mask; muzzle

Inflection

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    Inflection of ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (taḥpīṯā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ
(taḥpīṯī)
ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ
(taḥpīṯan)
construct ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂
(taḥpīṯ)
2nd person ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂
(taḥpīṯūḵ)
ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ
(taḥpīṯāḵ)
ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(taḥpīṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ
(taḥpīṯā)
3rd person ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ
(taḥpīṯēh)
ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇
(taḥpīṯāh)
ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ
(taḥpīṯhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈
(taḥpyāṯī)
ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈
(taḥpyāṯan)
construct ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂̈
(taḥpyāṯ)
2nd person ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂
(taḥpyāṯūḵ)
ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈
(taḥpyāṯāḵ)
ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(taḥpyāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ
(taḥpyāṯē)
3rd person ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ
(taḥpyāṯūh)
ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇
(taḥpyāṯōh)
ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ
(taḥpyāṯhōn)

Derived terms

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܐ (ḥ-p-ʾ), related to covering.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [taħˈpi.θɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [taxˈpi.θɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [tɑħˈfi.θo]

Noun

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ܬܚܦܝܬܐ (taḥpīṯāf (plural ܬܚܦܝܬܐ (taḥpəyāṯā))

  1. concealment, covering
  2. veil
    • Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 3:13:
      ܘܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܘܫܐ. ܕܪܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܐܦܘ̈ܗܝ. ܕܠܐ ܢܚܘܪܘܢ ܒܢܝ̈ ܝܣܪܝܠ ܒܫܘܠܡܗ ܕܗܘ ܕܡܬܒܛܠ.
      wə-lā ʾāḵ mūšē, də-rāmē [hə]wā ṯaḥpīṯā ʿal ʾappaw[hy], də-lā nəḥūrūn bənay ʾīsrāyēl bə-šūllāmēh ḏə-haw də-meṯbaṭṭal.
      And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished
  3. eggshell
  4. (figuratively) disguise, mask, cloak

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • tḥpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-06
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 113b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 610a
  • 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 1639a-b