ܛܘܦܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From a Sinitic language, reinterpreted as from the root ܛ ܘ ܦ related to floating. Compare Cantonese 大風 / 大风 (daai6 fung1, “big wind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤawpɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤawpɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܦܢܐ • (ṭawpānā) m (plural ܛܘܦܢܐ (ṭawpānē))

  1. flood, deluge, inundation
    Synonyms: ܓܪܦܐ, ܐܡܫܐ
    Coordinate term: ܝܒܫܢܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܛܘܦܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܛܘܦܢ 1st person ܛܘܦܢܝ ܛܘܦܢܢ
construct ܛܘܦܢ 2nd person ܛܘܦܢܟ ܛܘܦܢܟܝ ܛܘܦܢܟܘܢ ܛܘܦܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܛܘܦܢܐ 3rd person ܛܘܦܢܗ ܛܘܦܢܗ ܛܘܦܢܗܘܢ ܛܘܦܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܛܘܦܢܝܢ 1st person ܛܘܦܢܝ ܛܘܦܢܝܢ
construct ܛܘܦܢܝ 2nd person ܛܘܦܢܝܟ ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝ ܛܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܛܘܦܢܐ 3rd person ܛܘܦܢܘܗܝ ܛܘܦܢܝܗ ܛܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ ܛܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

  • → Arabic: طُوفَان (ṭūfān) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • “ṭwpn”, 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, page 124b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 520a
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