ܓܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā) (uncontracted)

Etymology

From the earlier uncontracted form ܓܦܢܬܐ (gəp̄entā), from the root ܓ-ܦ-ܢ (ɡ-p-n) related to digging; compare Arabic جَفْنَة (jafna), Hebrew גֶּפֶן (gép̄en).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)fɛttɑ]

Noun

ܓܦܬܐ • (gəp̄ettā) f (plural ܓܘܦܢܐ (gup̄nē))

  1. vine
    Synonym: ܕܠܝܬܐ (dālīṯā)

Inflection

References

  • gptˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-22
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 53a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76b
  • 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 254b
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