ܟܪܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Possibly a metathesized form of ܟܦܪܬܐ (kāp̄arṯā, vessel; crock) or from Akkadian 𒂁 (DUG /⁠karpatu⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑftɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑfɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܪܦܬܐ)

  1. furniture
  2. equipment, burden
  3. utensils
  4. old and broken goods (especially broken crockery)

Inflection

References

  • krph”, 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. 163b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 228b, 625a
  • 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. 657a

Anagrams

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