ܩܦܘܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܩ ܦ ܚ (q p ḥ)
2 terms

Etymology

Tool noun derived from ܩܵܦܹܚ (qāpēḥ, “to strike repeatedly”). Coined by Odisho Malko Gewargis and first published in a 2018 dictionary, as a substitute for the more common Persianism ܬܸܪܡܸܣ (tirmis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qɑːpoːxɑː]

Noun

ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܐ • (qāpōḥā) m sg (plural ܩܵܦܘܿܚܹ̈ܐ (qāpōḥē))

1. (often in the plural) brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle or machine)

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܐ (qāpōḥā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܝܼ (qāpōḥī)		ܩܵܦܘܿܚܲܢ (qāpōḥan)
	construct	ܩܵܦܘܿܚ (qāpōḥ)	2nd person	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܘܼܟ݂ (qāpōḥūḵ)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܟ݂ܝ (qāpōḥāḵ)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qāpōḥāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܐ (qāpōḥā)	3rd person	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܹܗ (qāpōḥēh)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܗ̇ (qāpōḥāh)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܗܘܿܢ (qāpōḥhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܝܼ̈ (qāpōḥī)		ܩܵܦܘܿܚܲܢ̈ (qāpōḥan)
	construct	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܲܝ̈ (qāpōḥay)	2nd person	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qāpōḥūḵ)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qāpōḥāḵ)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qāpōḥāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܹ̈ܐ (qāpōḥē)	3rd person	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qāpōḥūh)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (qāpōḥōh)	ܩܵܦܘܿܚܗ̈ܘܿܢ (qāpōḥhōn)

Hypernyms

• ܕܵܘܫܵܐ (dāwšā, “pedal”)

Derived terms

• ܩܲܦܸܚ (qappiḥ, “to brake”)