Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܢ-ܦ-ܠ (n-p-l) related to falling. Compare Hebrew נֵפֶל (nḗp̄el).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɛflɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛfle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܦܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܦܠܐ)

  1. fall, falling
  2. piece, bit, scrap, fragment
  3. (botany) malabathrum indicum
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܢ-ܦ-ܠ (n-p-l) related to falling. Compare Hebrew נוֹפֵל (nōp̄ēl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɑflɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑfle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܦܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܦܠܐ)

  1. faller
Inflection edit

References edit

  • npl”, 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. 208a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 344b
  • 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. 932a