Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܐ-ܦ-ܐ (ʾ-p-ʾ) related to baking. Compare Hebrew אוֹפֶה (ʾōp̄e).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔappɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔappɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܦܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܦܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܦܝܬܐ)

  1. baker, cook
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܐܦܝܐ (transliteration neededf (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. Alternative form of ܐܦܐ

References edit

  • ˀpyˀ”, 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, p. 17a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 26a, 624a
  • 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. 85b