ܟܦܪ

The second sense comes from the association of apostatizing and disbelieving in a religion with cursing and reviling; compare Classical Syriac ܟܦܲܪ (kəp̄ar), Arabic كَفَرَ (kafara), and Hebrew כָּפַר (kāp̄ar).

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ܟܵܦܹܪ • (kāpēr)

1. (archaic, formal) to deny, refuse, renounce, give up, apostatise/apostatize
2. to curse, revile, blaspheme (usually in regards to religion)

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ܟܦܲܪ • (kpar) m sg (plural ܟܲܦܪ̈ܲܝ (kapray))

1. singular construct state of ܟܲܦܪܵܐ (kaprā, “hamlet”)

From the root ܟ ܦ ܪ related to denying; compare Arabic كَفَرَ (kafara), Hebrew כָּפַר (kāp̄ar).

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ܟܦܪ • (kəp̄ar) (imperfect ܢܟܦܘܪ (neḵpor)) (peal construction)

1. to wipe, wipe clean, scour
2. (usually with ܒ-) to deny, refuse, renounce, give up, apostatise/apostatize
   • Peshitta, Matthew 10:22:

     ܡܢ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܟܦܘܪ ܒܝ ܩܕܡ ܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ. ܐܟܦܘܪ ܒܗ ܐܦ ܐܢܐ ܩܕܡ ܐܒܝ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ.

     man dên də-neḵpor bī qəḏām bənaynāšā, ʾeḵpor bēh ʾāp̄ ʾĕnā qəḏām ʾāḇ də-ḇa-šəmayyā.

     But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

3. (with ܡܢ) to repel
4. (with ܛܝܒܘܬܐ) to be ungrateful

Intensitive form of the above

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ܟܦܪ • (kappar) (imperfect ܢܟܦܪ (nəḵappar)) (pael construction)

1. to scour, wipe dry, rub dry (hands etc.)
2. to wipe away (tears etc.)
3. (figuratively) to disperse, clear out, blot out; cleanse, purify
4. to consume; destroy, obliterate
5. to remove
6. to compel, apostatise/apostatize, force to deny
7. to browse

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ܟܦܪ • (kəp̄ar)

1. absolute singular of ܟܦܪܐ (kap̄rā, “hamlet”)
2. construct state singular of ܟܦܪܐ (kap̄rā, “hamlet”)

• “kpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-21
• Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, pages 477b–478b
• Brock, Sebastian P. & Kiraz, George A. (2015) Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press: ܟܦܪ
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 160b–161a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 223a–b
• 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, pages 644a–b