ܓܦܐ

Related to Classical Syriac ܓܦܝܼܦܵܐ (“arched; cave”), derived from the root ܟ ܦ ܦ related to curving or arching with a consonantal shift from /k/ to /ɡ/.

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ܓܸܦܵܐ • (gippā) m (plural ܓܸ̈ܦܹܐ (gippē) or ܓܸܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (gippānē) or ܓܸܦܵܦܹ̈ܐ (gippāpē))

1. cave

   Synonym: ܡܥܵܪܬܵܐ (mˁārtā)

• ܓܸܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (gipīṯā, “tiny cave”)

Also found in Classical Syriac, compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܼܠܦܵܢܵܐ (gulpānā), ܟܲܢܦܵܐ (kanpā), Arabic جُفّ (juff), and Hebrew גַּף (gap).

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ܓܸܦܵܐ • (gippā) m sg (plural ܓܸܦܵܦܹ̈ܐ (gippāpē))

1. alternative form of ܓܘܼܠܦܵܐ (gulpā, “wing”)

• ܓܐܦܐ

Compare Arabic جُفّ (juff) and Hebrew גַּף (gap̄).

• IPA^(key): , (singular)
• IPA^(key): , (plural)

ܓܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܦܐ)

1. (anatomy) arm(s), bosom
2. (animal anatomy) wing, feather; fin
3. armful
4. ell, fathom

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• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܓܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܦܐ)

1. house, hut

• “gp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 52b, 53a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76b
• 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 253b

Compare Classical Syriac ܓܦܐ (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɡefo/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /ɡefe/(plural)

ܓܶܦܳܐ • (gefo) m (plural ܓܶܦܶܐ (gefe))

1. wing, feather

   Synonym: ܫ̰ܰܢܓܶܐ (čange)