ܟܘܪܦܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Akkadian kuppû (“a type of snake”). Also found in Turoyo ܟܷܪܦܐ (kërfo, “snake”) and Classical Syriac.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [kurpaː]
Noun
ܟܘܼܪܦܵܐ • (kurpā) m (plural ܟܘܼܪ̈ܦܹܐ (kurpē))
- viper
- Synonyms: ܐܸܡܵܐ ܕܚܘܼܘܹܐ (immā dḥūwē), ܐܵܟ݂ܸܕ݂ܢܵܐ (āḵiḏnā)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܪܘܿܦ (krōp) | 1st person | ܟܘܼܪܦܝܼ (kurpī) | ܟܘܼܪܦܲܢ (kurpan) | |||
| construct | ܟܪܘܿܦ (krōp) | 2nd person | ܟܘܼܪܦܘܼܟ݂ (kurpōḵ) | ܟܘܼܪܦܵܟ݂ܝ (kurpāḵ) | ܟܘܼܪܦܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kurpawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܘܼܪܦܵܐ (kurpā) | 3rd person | ܟܘܼܪܦܹܗ (kurpēh) | ܟܘܼܪܦܵܗ̇ (kurpāh) | ܟܘܼܪܦܗܘܿܢ (kurphōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܘܼܪܦܝܼ̈ܢ (kurpīn) | 1st person | ܟܘܼܪܦܝܼ̈ (kurpī) | ܟܘܼܪܦܲܢ̈ (kurpan) | |||
| construct | ܟܘܼܪܦܲܝ̈ (kurpay) | 2nd person | ܟܘܼܪܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kurpōḵ) | ܟܘܼܪܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kurpāḵ) | ܟܘܼܪܦܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kurpawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܘܼܪ̈ܦܹܐ (kurpē) | 3rd person | ܟܘܼܪܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (kurpūh) | ܟܘܼܪܦܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (kurpōh) | ܟܘܼܪܦܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (kurpayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkur.pɑ], [ˈkor.pɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈkur.pe], [ˈkor.pe] (plural)
Noun
ܟܘܪܦܐ • (kūrpā, kōrpā) c (plural ܟܘܪܦܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܪܘܦ | 1st person | ܟܘܪܦܝ | ܟܘܪܦܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܪܘܦ | 2nd person | ܟܘܪܦܟ | ܟܘܪܦܟܝ | ܟܘܪܦܟܘܢ | ܟܘܪܦܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܪܦܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܪܦܗ | ܟܘܪܦܗ | ܟܘܪܦܗܘܢ | ܟܘܪܦܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܘܪܦܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܘܪܦܝ | ܟܘܪܦܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܘܪܦܝ | 2nd person | ܟܘܪܦܝܟ | ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝ | ܟܘܪܦܝܟܘܢ | ܟܘܪܦܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܪܦܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܪܦܘܗܝ | ܟܘܪܦܝܗ | ܟܘܪܦܝܗܘܢ | ܟܘܪܦܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
- ܐܟܕܢܐ (ʾāḵeḏnā)
References
- “kwrpˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 8 October 2017
- Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 163b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 211b
- 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, →ISBN, page 615a