ܟܢܦܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *kanap-. Compare Arabic كَنَف (kanaf) and Hebrew כָּנָף (kānāp̄). The sense of "pterygium" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɛn(ə)fɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [kɛn(ə)fe], [kɛn(ə)fɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܟܢܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܢܦܬܐ or ܟܢܦܐ)
- side, edge, border, outer part
- wing
- (anatomy) lap, bosom, arms
- (sewing) flap, hem; skirt, cloak
- (geography) bay, gulf
- covering, overshadowing, protection
- pinnacle, peak
- (architecture) battlement, merlon
- (military) wing of an army
- vessel for flour
- (medicine) pterygium
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܢܦ | 1st person | ܟܢܦܝ | ܟܢܦܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܢܦ | 2nd person | ܟܢܦܟ | ܟܢܦܟܝ | ܟܢܦܟܘܢ | ܟܢܦܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | 3rd person | ܟܢܦܗ | ܟܢܦܗ | ܟܢܦܗܘܢ | ܟܢܦܗܝܢ | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܢܦܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܢܦܬܝ ,ܟܢܦܝ | ܟܢܦܬܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܢܦܬ ,ܟܢܦܝ | 2nd person | ܟܢܦܬܟ ,ܟܢܦܝܟ | ܟܢܦܬܟܝ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܝ | ܟܢܦܬܟܘܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܘܢ | ܟܢܦܬܟܝܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܢܦܬܐ , | 3rd person | ܟܢܦܬܗ ,ܟܢܦܘܗܝ | ܟܢܦܬܗ ,ܟܢܦܝܗ | ܟܢܦܬܗܘܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܗܘܢ | ܟܢܦܬܗܝܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܚܝܘܬ ܟܢܦܐ
- ܟܢܦ
- ܟܢܦܝ ܫܒܚܝܢ
- ܡܟܢܦܘܬܐ
References
- “knp”, 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 158a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 218b–219a
- 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, pages 636a–b