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Classical Syriac
- ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā) (uncontracted)
Etymology
From the earlier uncontracted form ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā), from the root ܓ-ܦ-ܢ (ɡ-p-n) related to digging; compare Arabic جَفْنَة (jafna), Hebrew גֶּפֶן (gép̄en).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܓܦܬܐ • (gəp̄ettā) f (plural ܓܘܦܢܐ (gup̄nē))
- vine
- Synonym: ܕܠܝܬܐ (dālīṯā)
Inflection
References
- “gptˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-22
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 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, page 254b