ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) and Hebrew חִפּוּשִׁית (ḥippûšîṯ). Also compare Classical Syriac ܚܒܫܘܫܬܐ (ḥaḇšuštāʾ, “beetle; leech”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xar.puʃ.taː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xur.paʃ.ta]

Noun

ܚܲܪܦܘܼܫܬܵܐ • (ḥarpuštā) f (plural ܚܲܪ̈ܦܘܼܫܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥarpušyāṯā))

1. dung beetle

Derived terms

• ܡܚܲܪܦܸܫ (mḥarpiš, “to search for food”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) and Hebrew חִפּוּשִׁית (ḥippûšîṯ). Also compare ܚܒܫܘܫܬܐ (ḥaḇšuštāʾ, “beetle; leech”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħarpuʃtɑ]

Noun

ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܐ)

1. dung beetle

Inflection

    declension of ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܚܪܦܘܫܐ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܢ
construct	ܚܪܦܘܫܬ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬ
emphatic	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܝ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟܝ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟܘܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܟܝܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗܘܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܚܪܦܘܫܬܗܝܢ	ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥrpwšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• 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 494b