ܕܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic דַּפָּא (dappā), from Akkadian 𒁳 (/⁠dippu, dappu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒁳 (dib, board, plank); compare Arabic دَفّ (daff) and Hebrew דַּף (dáf).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [dap.pɑː]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [daːpa]

Noun

ܕܲܦܵܐ • (dappā) m sg (plural ܕܲܦܹ̈ܐ (dappē))

  1. page (side of a leaf of a book)
    Synonyms: ܛܲܪܦܵܐ (ṭarpā), ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ (paˀṯā)
    ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܚܵܒ݂ܹܫ ܒܬܡܵܢܸܥܣܲܪ ܕܲܦܹ̈ܐ ܕܬܲܫܥܝܼܬ݂ܵܐktāḇā kē ḥāḇēš btmāniˁsar dappē d-tašˁīṯāThe book contains eighteen pages of history.
    ܠܹܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܥܲܠ ܕܲܦܵܐ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܹܗ.lē ìwaḥ ˁal dappā nafšēh.We are not on the same page.
  2. (Internet) web page
  3. pole, beam, plank, joist
    Synonyms: ܥܲܡܘܼܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁamūḏā), ܐܸܣܛܘܿܢܵܐ (isṭōnā)
  4. (archaic) board, tablet, table
    Synonyms: ܠܘܼܚܵܐ (lūḥā), ܦܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ (pāṯōrā)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܕܲܦܬ݂ܵܐ (dappṯā, small plank)
  • ܕܲܦܵܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܵܝܵܐ (dappā bāṯrāyā, back page)
  • ܕܲܦܵܐ ܕܒܲܝܬܵܐ (dappā d-baytā, home page)
  • ܕܲܦܵܐ ܕܢܵܘܠܵܐ (dappā d-nāwlā, web page)
  • ܕܲܦܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (dappā qammāyā, front page)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒁳 (/⁠dippu, dappu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒁳 (dib, board, plank). Compare Arabic دَفّ (daff) and Hebrew דַּף (dap̄).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dappɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dappe] (plural)

Noun

ܕܦܐ • (dappā) m (plural ܕܦܐ)

  1. pole, beam, plank, joist
  2. board, tablet, table
  3. diptych
  4. leaf, page, column
  5. brook

Inflection

References

  • dp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-09
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 68b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 96a
  • 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. 316a
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