ܙܩܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܩ ܦ (z q p)
3 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of ܙܵܩܹܦ (zāqēp).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [zəqɑːpɑː]

Noun

ܙܩܵܦܵܐ • (zqāpā) m

1. crucifixion
2. palisade
3. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /ɑː/

Inflection

Inflection of ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܙܩܵܦܝܼ (zqāpī)		ܙܩܵܦܲܢ (zqāpan)
	construct	ܙܩܵܦ (zqāp)	2nd person	ܙܩܵܦܘܼܟ݂ (zqāpūḵ)	ܙܩܵܦܵܟ݂ܝ (zqāpāḵ)	ܙܩܵܦܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zqāpāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā)	3rd person	ܙܩܵܦܹܗ (zqāpēh)	ܙܩܵܦܵܗ̇ (zqāpāh)	ܙܩܵܦܗܘܿܢ (zqāphōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܙܩܵܦܝܼ̈ (zqāpī)		ܙܩܵܦܲܢ̈ (zqāpan)
	construct	ܙܩܵܦܲܝ̈ (zqāpay)	2nd person	ܙܩܵܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (zqāpūḵ)	ܙܩܵܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (zqāpāḵ)	ܙܩܵܦܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (zqāpāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܙܩܵܦܹ̈ܐ (zqāpē)	3rd person	ܙܩܵܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (zqāpūh)	ܙܩܵܦ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (zqāpōh)	ܙܩܵܦܗ̈ܘܿܢ (zqāphōn)

Coordinate terms

(Vowels) ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē); ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā, “a”, literally “opening”), ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā, “ā”, literally “erecting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩܵܐ (zlāmā pšīqā, “i, e”, literally “easy slanting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܩܸܫܝܵܐ (zlāmā qišyā, “ē”, literally “hard slanting”), ܪܘܵܚܵܐ (rwāḥā, “ō”, literally “expanding”), ܪܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (rḇāṣā, “ū”, literally “pressing”), ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (ḥḇāṣā, “ī”, literally “thronging”),

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܩ-ܦ (z-q-p) related to erecting. Compare Hebrew זיקוף / זִקּוּף (ziqqūp̄).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)qɑfɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)qɑfe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܙܩܦܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܩܦܐ)

1. stake, pole
2. palisade
3. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /ɑ/ or /ɔ/

Inflection

    inflection of ܙܩܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܩܦ	ܙܩܦܝܢ
construct	ܙܩܦ	ܙܩܦܝ
emphatic	ܙܩܦܐ	ܙܩܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܩܦܝ	ܙܩܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܩܦܟ	ܙܩܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܩܦܟܝ	ܙܩܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܩܦܗ	ܙܩܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܩܦܗ	ܙܩܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܩܦܢ	ܙܩܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܩܦܟܘܢ	ܙܩܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܩܦܟܝܢ	ܙܩܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܩܦܗܘܢ	ܙܩܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܩܦܗܝܢ	ܙܩܦܝܗܝܢ

References

• “zqp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 120a
• 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. 395a