ܩܦܠܐܘܢ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܩܦܠܐܘܢ, from Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ • (qēpālēʾon) m sg (plural ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܹ̈ܐ (qēpālēʾē))

  1. chapter (main division of a book typically with a number or title)
    ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܒܸܬ ܩܵܪܲܚ ܒܘܼܬ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܒܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ ܕܚܲܕܸܥܣܲܪ.
    aḥnan bit qāraḥ but āhā b-qēpālēʾon d-ḥadiʿsar.
    We will read about this in chapter eleven.
  2. a distinctive period in history or in a person's life.
    ܥܲܡܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܫܲܪܘܼܝܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܒܬܲܫܥܝܼܬܹܗ.
    ʿammā d-āšor šaruyē ìlēh qēpālēʾon ḥadtā b-tašʿītēh.
    The people of Assyria are beginning a new chapter in their history.

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute – 1st person ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܝܼ (qēpālēˀōnī) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܲܢ (qēpālēˀōnan)
construct – 2nd person ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂ (qēpālēˀōnūḵ) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ (qēpālēˀōnāḵ) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qēpālēˀōnāwḵōn)
emphatic ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ (qēpālēˀōn) 3rd person ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܹܗ (qēpālēˀōnēh) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܘܿܗ̇ (qēpālēˀōnōh) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ (qēpālēˀōnhōn)
plural absolute – 1st person ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܝܼ̈ (qēpālēˀī) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܲܢ̈ (qēpālēˀan)
construct – 2nd person ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (qēpālēˀūḵ) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (qēpālēˀāḵ) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (qēpālēˀāwḵōn)
emphatic ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܹ̈ܐ (qēpālēˀē) 3rd person ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܼ̈ܗܝ (qēpālēˀūh) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (qēpālēˀōh) ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܗ̈ܘܿܢ (qēpālēhōn)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܦܠܐܘܢ • (qeppalleʾōn) m (plural ܩܦܠܐܐ)

  1. chapter (of book)
  2. main thing, foremost matter
  3. greater part
  4. summary
  5. sum (of money)

Descendants

  • → Arabic: قَفْلَة (qafla)

References

  • “qplˀwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-02-27
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 326a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514a
  • 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 1393a
  • Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana‎ (in German), volume 18, pages 142–144
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