ܡܥܦܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܥ-ܦ-ܪ (ʿ-p-r) related to cloaking. Compare Mishnaic Hebrew מַעְפּוֹרֶת (maʿpốreṯ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maʕp(ə)rɑ(ʔ)], [m(ə)ʕafrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maʕp(ə)re(ʔ)], [m(ə)ʕafre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܡܥܦܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܥܦܪܐ)

  1. cloak, hood
  2. (ecclesiastical) large square linen eucharistic vestment, amice, cope

Inflection

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References

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  • mˁpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 260a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a
  • 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. 803b