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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܢ (ḥ-p-n); compare Arabic حَفْنَة (ḥafna), حُفْنَة (ḥufna), Hebrew חֹפֶן (ḥṓp̄en).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܘܦܢܐ • (ḥūp̄nā) f (plural ܚܘܦܢܐ)
- handful, fistful
- (anatomy) hollow or palm of the hand
- kind of measure
- (pathology) kind of sore
Inflection
Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.
References
- “ḥwpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-11-09
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 100a
- Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 133a
- 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 429b