ܓܪܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܦ (ɡ-r-p) related to flooding. Compare Arabic جِرْف (ǧirf), جُرْف (ǧurf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡarpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡarpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܪܦܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܪܦܐ)

  1. flood

Inflection

References

  • grp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 55a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 79a
  • 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. 263b
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