ܥܪܦܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܥ ܪ ܦ ܠ (ˁ r p l)
2 terms
ܥܪܦܠܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic עַרֲפֵּלָא (ˁarăpellā), from Proto-Semitic *ʿ-r-p (cloud) + a suffixed -l; cognate to Hebrew עֲרָפֶל ('arafél) and Ugaritic 𐎓𐎗𐎔𐎚 (ʿrpt /⁠ʿurpatu⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕar.pɪllɑː]

Noun

ܥܲܪܦܸܠܵܐ • (ˁarpillā) f sg (plural ܥܲܪ̈ܦܸܠܹܐ (ˁarpillē))

  1. fog, mist, cloud
  2. gloom, darkness

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܥܲܪܦܸܠ (mˁarpil, to fog up)
  • ܥܲܪܦܸܠܵܢܵܐ (ˁarpillānā, foggy, hazy)
  • ܥܲܪܦܸܠܵܐ ܬܸܢܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ (ˁarpillā tinnānāytā, smog)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿ-r-p (cloud) + a suffixed -l. Compare Hebrew עֲרָפֶל (ʿărāp̄el) and Ugaritic 𐎓𐎗𐎔𐎚 (ʿrpt /⁠ʿurpatu⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕarpɛllɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕarpɛlle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܪܦܠܐ • (‘arpelā) f (plural ܥܪܦܠܐ)

  1. fog, mist, cloud
  2. gloom, darkness

Inflection

References

  • ˁrpl”, 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. 264b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 429a
  • 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, pp. 1141b-1142a
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