Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܓ-ܪ-ܦ (ɡ-r-p) related to flooding. Compare Arabic جِرْف (jirf), جُرْف (jurf).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܓܪܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܓܪܦܐ)

  1. flood

Inflection edit

References edit

  • grp”, 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, page 55a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 79a
  • 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 263b