ܚܘܦܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܢ (ḥ-p-n); compare Arabic حَفْنَة (ḥafna), حُفْنَة (ḥufna), Hebrew חֹפֶן (ḥṓp̄en).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈħuf.nɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈħuf.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܚܘܦܢܐ • (ḥūp̄nā) f (plural ܚܘܦܢܐ)

1. handful, fistful
2. (anatomy) hollow or palm of the hand
3. kind of measure
4. (pathology) kind of sore

Inflection

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

    declension of ܚܘܦܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܦܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܢ
construct	ܚܦܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝ
emphatic	ܚܘܦܢܐ	ܚܘܦܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܘܦܢܝ	ܚܘܦܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܘܦܢܟ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܘܦܢܟܝ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܘܦܢܗ	ܚܘܦܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܘܦܢܗ	ܚܘܦܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܘܦܢܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܘܦܢܟܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܘܦܢܟܝܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܘܦܢܗܘܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܘܦܢܗܝܢ	ܚܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥwpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-11-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 100a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 133a
• 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 429b