ܢܦܛܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܢܘܦܛܪܐ
  • ܢܦܛܪܐ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naftˁe(j)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [naftˁe(j)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܛܝܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܦܛܝܪܐ)

  1. torch, lantern, lamp

Inflection

References

  • npṭyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 207b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 344a
  • 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. 930a
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