Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kapp(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܦܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܟܦܢܐ or ܟܦܐ)

1. anything hollow or curved; pan, bowl, plate, saucer, censer, snuff-dish, spoon, ladle

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܟ-ܦ-ܦ ‎(k-p-p) related to curving. Compare Akkadian [script needed] ‎(kippatu) and Hebrew כִּפָּה ‎(kippâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛpp(ə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܦܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܟܦܐ)

1. hollow, hollowed place
2. (architecture) arch, vault

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܟ-ܦ-ܬ ‎(k-p-t) related to binding or bending.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)fɑθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)fɑθe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܦܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܦܬܐ)

1. cord, chain, bond
2. curvature, curve, bend
3. (botany) calyx, capsule, seed vessel

Inflection

References

• “kph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kpt”, 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, pp. 160a-b, 161a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 222a
• 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. 646a