ܪܦܦܐ

Classical Syriac
FWOTD – 29 July 2015

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܦ-ܦ‎ (r-p-p) related to moving.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)fɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)fɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܦܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܦܦܐ)

  1. twitch, jerk, vibration
  2. motion, moving
  3. palmomancy, divination involving interpretation of involuntary movements
  4. wink, blink
  5. instant, moment
  6. second
  7. (medicine) palpitation
  8. balancing scales
  9. throng, shoal

Inflection
    declension of ܪܦܦܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܪܦܦ ܪܦܦܝܢ
construct ܪܦܦ ܪܦܦܝ
emphatic ܪܦܦܐ ܪܦܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܪܦܦܝ ܪܦܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܪܦܦܟ ܪܦܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܪܦܦܟܝ ܪܦܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܪܦܦܗ ܪܦܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܪܦܦܗ ܪܦܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܪܦܦܢ ܪܦܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܪܦܦܟܘܢ ܪܦܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܪܦܦܟܝܢ ܪܦܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܪܦܦܗܘܢ ܪܦܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܪܦܦܗܝܢ ܪܦܦܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “rpp”, 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. 351a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 548a
  • 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. 1485b
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