Inherited from Aramaic טֻפְרָא (ṭuprā), from Proto-Semitic *θ̣upr-; compare Classical Syriac ܛܦܪܐ (ṭep̄rā), Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr), Akkadian 𒌢 (ṣuprum), Hebrew צִפֹּרֶן (tsipóren) and Israeli Hebrew טֹפֶר (tófer). The senses “onycha” and “onyx” are semantic loans of Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux)
ܛܘܼܦܪܵܐ • (ṭuprā) f sg (plural ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭuprāṯā) or ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭupryāṯā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܛܘܿܦܲܪ (ṭōpar) | 1st person | ܛܘܼܦܪܝܼ (ṭuprī) | ܛܘܼܦܪܲܢ (ṭupran) | |||
| construct | ܛܘܿܦܲܪ (ṭōpar) | 2nd person | ܛܘܼܦܪܘܼܟ݂ (ṭuprōḵ) | ܛܘܼܦܪܵܟ݂ܝ (ṭuprāḵ) | ܛܘܼܦܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṭuprawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܛܘܼܦܪܵܐ (ṭuprā) | 3rd person | ܛܘܼܦܪܹܗ (ṭuprēh) | ܛܘܼܦܪܵܗ̇ (ṭuprāh) | ܛܘܼܦܪܗܘܿܢ (ṭuprhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܢ (ṭuprān) | 1st person | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܝܼ (ṭuprāṯī) | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܲܢ (ṭuprāṯan) | |||
| construct | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ (ṭuprāṯ) | 2nd person | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (ṭuprāṯōḵ) | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (ṭuprāṯāḵ) | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ṭuprāṯawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭuprāṯā) | 3rd person | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܹܗ (ṭuprāṯēh) | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (ṭuprāṯāh) | ܛܘܼܦܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (ṭuprāṯhōn) | |||