ܚܘܦܢܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܢ (ḥ-p-n); compare Arabic حَفْنَة (ḥafna), حُفْنَة (ḥufna), Hebrew חֹפֶן (ḥṓp̄en).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈħuf.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈħuf.ne] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܚܘܦܢܐ (ḥūp̄nāf (plural ܚܘܦܢܐ)

  1. handful, fistful
  2. (anatomy) hollow or palm of the hand
  3. kind of measure
  4. (pathology) kind of sore

Inflection[edit]

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

References[edit]

  • ḥwpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-11-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 100a
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 133a
  • 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 429b