ܓܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • (uncontracted form) ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entāʾ)

Etymology

From the earlier uncontracted form ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entāʾ), from the root ܓ-ܦ-ܢ (ɡ-p-n) related to digging; compare Arabic جَفْنَة (ǧafna(t)), Hebrew גֶּפֶן (gép̄en).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)fɛttɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܓܦܬܐ (gəp̄ettāʾ) f (plural ܓܘܦܢܐ)

  1. (botany) vine

Inflection

References

  • gptˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-22
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 53a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 76b
  • 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. 254b
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