Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ke(ʔ)fɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ke(ʔ)fe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܐܦܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܟܐܦܐ)

  1. rock, stone
  2. (figuratively) anything made of stone; stone vessel, column, idol, precious stone
  3. hailstone

Inflection edit

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Proper noun edit

ܟܐܦܐ (transliteration neededm

  1. Cephas, Peter (Biblical figure)
  2. a male given name

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References edit

  • kyp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 149b, 410a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 202a-b
  • 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. 594a