Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܟ-ܦ-ܪ (k-p-r) related to denying. Compare Arabic كَافِر (kāfir) and Hebrew כּוֹפֵר (kōp̄ēr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɑforɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑfore(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܦܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܦܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܦܘܪܬܐ)

  1. pagan, heathen
  2. unbeliever, infidel
  3. negator, denier, apostate

Inflection edit

References edit

  • kpwr”, 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. 160b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 222a-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. 642a