ܓܦܐ

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Classical Syriac [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Compare Arabic جُفّ (ǧuff) and Hebrew גַּף (gaᵽ).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ɡɛppɑ(ʔ)], [ɡappɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA: [ɡɛppe(ʔ)], [ɡappɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun [edit]

ܓܦܐ m (emphatic plural ܓܦܐ)

  1. (anatomy) arm(s), bosom
  2. (animal anatomy) wing, feather; fin
  3. armful
  4. ell, fathom
Inflection [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ɡappɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA: [ɡappe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun [edit]

ܓܦܐ m (emphatic plural ܓܦܐ)

  1. house, hut
Inflection [edit]

References [edit]

  • "gp" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
  • Louis Costaz, Syriac-English Dictionary, 1963, pp. 52b, 53a
  • Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902, p. 76b
  • Michael Sokoloff, A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, 2009, p. 253b