ܪܦܦܐ

Inherited from Aramaic רְפָפָא (rp̄āp̄ā).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

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

1. instant, moment

   Synonym: ܛܲܘܚܵܐ (ṭawḥā)

2. second

   Synonym: ܬܪܲܝܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (trayyānīṯā)

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

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

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

From the root ܪ ܦ ܦ related to moving.

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

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

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

From Aramaic ܪܦܦܐ (rəfāfā).

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

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

1. second

   Synonym: ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ (ṣaniye)

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