ܬܚܦܝܬܐ
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Classical Syriac[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܐ (ḥ-p-ʾ), related to covering.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [taħˈpi.θɑ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [taxˈpi.θɑ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [tɑħˈfi.θo]
Noun[edit]
ܬܚܦܝܬܐ • (taḥpīṯā) f (plural ܬܚܦܝܬܐ (taḥpəyāṯā))
- concealment, covering
- veil
- Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 3:13:
- ܘܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܘܫܐ. ܕܪܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܐܦܘ̈ܗܝ. ܕܠܐ ܢܚܘܪܘܢ ܒܢܝ̈ ܝܣܪܝܠ ܒܫܘܠܡܗ ܕܗܘ ܕܡܬܒܛܠ.
- wə-lā ʾāḵ mūšē, də-rāmē [hə]wā ṯaḥpīṯā ʿal ʾappaw[hy], də-lā nəḥūrūn bənay ʾīsrāyēl bə-šūllāmēh ḏə-haw də-meṯbaṭṭal.
- And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished
- Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 3:13:
- eggshell
- (figuratively) disguise, mask, cloak
Inflection[edit]
declension of ܬܚܦܝܬܐ
state | singular | plural |
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absolute | ܬܚܦܝ | ܬܚܦܝܢ |
construct | ܬܚܦܝܬ | ܬܚܦܝܬ |
emphatic | ܬܚܦܝܬܐ | ܬܚܦܝܬܐ |
possessive forms | ||
1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܚܦܝܬܝ | ܬܚܦܝܬܝ |
2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܚܦܝܬܟ | ܬܚܦܝܬܟ |
2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝ | ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝ |
3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܚܦܝܬܗ | ܬܚܦܝܬܗ |
3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܚܦܝܬܗ | ܬܚܦܝܬܗ |
1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܚܦܝܬܢ | ܬܚܦܝܬܢ |
2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܚܦܝܬܟܘܢ | ܬܚܦܝܬܟܘܢ |
2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝܢ | ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝܢ |
3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܚܦܝܬܗܘܢ | ܬܚܦܝܬܗܘܢ |
3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܚܦܝܬܗܝܢ | ܬܚܦܝܬܗܝܢ |
Derived terms[edit]
- ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ (taḥpīṯā ḏə-lebbā, “pericardium”)
References[edit]
- “tḥpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-06
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 113b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 610a
- 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, page 1639a-b