ܩܦܝܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic قَفَا (qafā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

  1. (anatomy) nape, cervical vertebrae
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܩ-ܦ-ܐ (q-p-ʾ) related to heaping up.

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܦܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܦܝܐ)

  1. heap, mass, flotsam
Inflection

References

  • qpy”, 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, p. 325a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 513b
  • 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, p. 1391a