ܩܦܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic قَفَا (qafā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɑfjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qɑfje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

1. (anatomy) nape, cervical vertebrae

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܝ	ܩܦܝܝܢ
construct	ܩܦܝ	ܩܦܝܝ
emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ	ܩܦܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܝܝ	ܩܦܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܝܟ	ܩܦܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܝܢ	ܩܦܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܝܟܝܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܝܗܝܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܐ (q-p-ʾ) related to heaping up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑjɑ(ʔ)], [qɛfjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)fɑje(ʔ)], [qɛfje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

1. heap, mass, flotsam

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܦܝܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܦܝ	ܩܦܝܝܢ
construct	ܩܦܝ	ܩܦܝܝ
emphatic	ܩܦܝܐ	ܩܦܝܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܦܝܝ	ܩܦܝܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܦܝܟ	ܩܦܝܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܦܝܟܝ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܦܝܗ	ܩܦܝܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܦܝܢ	ܩܦܝܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܦܝܟܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܦܝܟܝܢ	ܩܦܝܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܦܝܗܘܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܦܝܗܝܢ	ܩܦܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “qpy”, 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. 325a, b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 513b
• 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. 1391a