ܬܚܦܝܬܐ

Derived from the verb ܡܲܚܦܹܐ (maḥpē, “to cover, plate over”).

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ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (taḥpīṯā) f sg (plural ܬܲܚ̈ܦܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (taḥpyāṯē))

1. concealment, covering, veil
2. disguise, mask, cloak
3. (modern) face covering, surgical mask, mask; gas mask; muzzle

• ܬܲܚܦܝܼܬ݂ ܠܸܒܵܐ (taḥpīṯ libbā, “pericardium”)

From the root ܚ ܦ ܐ, related to covering.

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ܬܚܦܝܬܐ • (taḥpīṯā) f (plural ܬܚܦܝܬܐ (taḥpəyāṯā))

1. concealment, covering
2. veil
   • Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 3:13:

     ܘܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܘܫܐ. ܕܪܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܐܦܘ̈ܗܝ. ܕܠܐ ܢܚܘܪܘܢ ܒܢܝ̈ ܝܣܪܝܠ ܒܫܘܠܡܗ ܕܗܘ ܕܡܬܒܛܠ.

     wə-lā ʾāḵ mūšē, də-rāmē wā ṯaḥpīṯā ʿal ʾappaw, də-lā nəḥūrūn bənay ʾīsrāyēl bə-šūllāmēh ḏə-haw də-meṯbaṭṭal.

     And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished

3. eggshell
4. (figuratively) disguise, mask, cloak

• ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ (taḥpīṯā ḏə-lebbā, “pericardium”)

• “tḥpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 6 July 2021
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 113b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 610a
• 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 1639a–b