ܥܦܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic عَفَر (ʕafar) and Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, “dust”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕafrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕafre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܦܪܐ • (ˁap̄rā) m (plural ܥܦܪܐ)

1. earth, soil, dust

Inflection

    inflection of ܥܦܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܦܪ	ܥܦܪܝܢ
construct	ܥܦܪ	ܥܦܪܝ
emphatic	ܥܦܪܐ	ܥܦܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܦܪܝ	ܥܦܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܦܪܟ	ܥܦܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܦܪܟܝ	ܥܦܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܦܪܗ	ܥܦܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܦܪܗ	ܥܦܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܦܪܢ	ܥܦܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܦܪܟܘܢ	ܥܦܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܦܪܟܝܢ	ܥܦܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܦܪܗܘܢ	ܥܦܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܦܪܗܝܢ	ܥܦܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܐܕܡܬܐ
• ܐܪܥܐ
• ܥܟܪܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܦ-ܪ (ʿ-p-r) related to cloaking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕafrɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)fɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕafre(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)fɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܦܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܦܪܐ)

1. garment, cloak, mantle, hood

Inflection

    inflection of ܥܦܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܦܪ	ܥܦܪܝܢ
construct	ܥܦܪ	ܥܦܪܝ
emphatic	ܥܦܪܐ	ܥܦܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܦܪܝ	ܥܦܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܦܪܟ	ܥܦܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܦܪܟܝ	ܥܦܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܦܪܗ	ܥܦܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܦܪܗ	ܥܦܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܦܪܢ	ܥܦܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܦܪܟܘܢ	ܥܦܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܦܪܟܝܢ	ܥܦܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܦܪܗܘܢ	ܥܦܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܦܪܗܝܢ	ܥܦܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-13
• 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. 422b
• 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. 1124a-b