ܬܚܦܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܐ (ḥ-p-ʾ), related to covering.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [taħˈpi.θɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [taxˈpi.θɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [tɑħˈfi.θo]

Noun

ܬܚܦܝܬܐ • (taḥpīṯā) f (plural ܬܚܦܝܬܐ (taḥpəyāṯā))

1. concealment, covering
2. veil
   • Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 3:13:

     ܘܠܐ ܐܝܟ ܡܘܫܐ. ܕܪܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܐܦܘ̈ܗܝ. ܕܠܐ ܢܚܘܪܘܢ ܒܢܝ̈ ܝܣܪܝܠ ܒܫܘܠܡܗ ܕܗܘ ܕܡܬܒܛܠ.

     wə-lā ʾāḵ mūšē, də-rāmē [hə]wā ṯaḥpīṯā ʿal ʾappaw[hy], də-lā nəḥūrūn bənay ʾīsrāyēl bə-šūllāmēh ḏə-haw də-meṯbaṭṭal.

     And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished

3. eggshell
4. (figuratively) disguise, mask, cloak

Inflection

    declension of ܬܚܦܝܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܚܦܝ	ܬܚܦܝܢ
construct	ܬܚܦܝܬ	ܬܚܦܝܬ
emphatic	ܬܚܦܝܬܐ	ܬܚܦܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܚܦܝܬܝ	ܬܚܦܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܚܦܝܬܟ	ܬܚܦܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝ	ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܚܦܝܬܗ	ܬܚܦܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܚܦܝܬܗ	ܬܚܦܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܚܦܝܬܢ	ܬܚܦܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܚܦܝܬܟܘܢ	ܬܚܦܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝܢ	ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܚܦܝܬܗܘܢ	ܬܚܦܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܚܦܝܬܗܝܢ	ܬܚܦܝܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ (taḥpīṯā ḏə-lebbā, “pericardium”)

References

• “tḥpy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-06
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 113b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 610a
• 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 1639a-b