ܐܦܢ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (rare) ܐܦ ܐܢ

Etymology

A contraction of ܐܦ (ʾāp̄, “even, also”) + ܐܢ (ʾen, “if”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑfɛn]

Conjunction

ܐܦܢ • (transliteration needed)

1. even if, although, albeit, at least

References

• “ˀpn”, 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. 17b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 25b
• 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. 87b