ܟܢܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kanap-. Compare Arabic كَنَف (kanaf) and Hebrew כָּנָף (kānāp̄). The sense of "pterygium" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛn(ə)fɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛn(ə)fe(ʔ)], [kɛn(ə)fɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܢܦܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܢܦܬܐ or ܟܢܦܐ)

1. side, edge, border, outer part
2. wing
3. (anatomy) lap, bosom, arms
4. (sewing) flap, hem; skirt, cloak
5. (geography) bay, gulf
6. covering, overshadowing, protection
7. pinnacle, peak
8. (architecture) battlement, merlon
9. (military) wing of an army
10. vessel for flour
11. (medicine) pterygium

Inflection

    declension of ܟܢܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܢܦ	ܟܢܦܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܢ
construct	ܟܢܦ	ܟܢܦܬ ,ܟܢܦܝ
emphatic	ܟܢܦܐ	ܟܢܦܬܐ ,ܟܢܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܢܦܝ	ܟܢܦܬܝ ,ܟܢܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܢܦܟ	ܟܢܦܬܟ ,ܟܢܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܢܦܟܝ	ܟܢܦܬܟܝ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܢܦܗ	ܟܢܦܬܗ ,ܟܢܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܢܦܗ	ܟܢܦܬܗ ,ܟܢܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܢܦܢ	ܟܢܦܬܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܢܦܟܘܢ	ܟܢܦܬܟܘܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܢܦܟܝܢ	ܟܢܦܬܟܝܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܢܦܗܘܢ	ܟܢܦܬܗܘܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܢܦܗܝܢ	ܟܢܦܬܗܝܢ ,ܟܢܦܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܚܝܘܬ ܟܢܦܐ
• ܟܢܦ
• ܟܢܦܝ ܫܒܚܝܢ
• ܡܟܢܦܘܬܐ

References

• “knp”, 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. 158a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 218b-219a
• 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. 636a-b