ܐܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܐ (p-t-ʾ) related to enlarging or increasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔapp(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [ʔaftɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܐܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. space, place
2. occasion, opportunity
3. leisure
4. delay
5. cause

References

• “ˀptˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 26b
• 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. 90a-b