Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Compare Hebrew אֲנָפָה (ʾănāp̄ā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔanpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔanpe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܢܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܢܦܐ)

  1. kind of bird: hoopoe; large eagle or vulture
  2. chameleon
    Synonym: ܚܘܠܡܛܐ
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔanpɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔanpe(ʔ)], [ʔanpajjɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܢܦܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܐܢܦܝܐ or ܐܢܦܐ)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ܐܦܐ

References

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  • ˀnp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 13a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 21b
  • 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. 64a