ܪܦܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic רְפָפָא (rp̄āp̄ā).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key):

Noun

ܪܦܵܦܵܐ • (rpāpā) m sg (plural ܪ̈ܦܵܦܹܐ (rpāpē))

1. instant, moment

   Synonym: ܛܵܘܚܵܐ (ṭāwḥā)

2. second

   Synonym: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (trayyānīṯā)

3. twitch, jerk, vibration
4. palmomancy, divination involving interpretation of involuntary movements

Inflection

Coordinate terms

• (second): ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ (daqīqā, “minute”), ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ (šāˁṯā, “hour”), ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā, “week”), ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (yarḥā, “month”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”), ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šēttā, “year”)

Derived terms

• ܪܦܵܦܵܝܵܐ (rpāpāyā, “momentary”)
• ܪܦܵܦܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (rpāpāˀīṯ, “momentarily”)
• ܪܦܵܦ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (rpāp ˁaynā, “blink of an eye”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܪ-ܦ-ܦ (r-p-p) related to moving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

Noun

ܪܦܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܦܦܐ)

1. twitch, jerk, vibration
2. motion, moving
3. palmomancy, divination involving interpretation of involuntary movements
4. wink, blink
5. instant, moment
6. second
7. (medicine) palpitation
8. balancing scales
9. throng, shoal

Inflection

References

• “rpp”, 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. 351a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 548a
• 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. 1485b

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܪܦܦܐ (rəfāfā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular) /rfofo/
• IPA^(key): (plural) /rfofe/

Noun

ܪܦܳܦܳܐ • (rfofo) f (plural ܪܦܳܦܶܐ (rfofe))

1. second

   Synonym: ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ (ṣaniye)

See also

• ܫܰܬܳܐ (šato, “year”)
• ܝܰܪܚܳܐ (yarḥo, “month”)
• ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ (šabṯo, “week”)
• ܝܰܘܡܳܐ (yawmo, “day”)
• ܣܰܥܰܐ (saca, “hour”), ܫܳܥܬ݂ܳܐ (šocṯo, “hour”)
• ܕܰܩܩܰܐ (daqqa, “minute”), ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ (qaṭënto, “minute”)