ܟܦܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

(village): From Akkadian 𒅗𒀊𒊒 (kaprum, “farm, village; a settlement outside of a city”), considered to be from the non-Akkadian “Mari language”, that is to be formed either in the unknown East Semitic or the unknown Amorite language spoken there.

(tomb): Compare Nabataean Aramaic 𐢏𐢘𐢛𐢀 (kfrʾ, “tomb”), Dadanitic 𐪋𐪐𐪇 (kfrʾ, “tomb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kafrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kafre] (plural)

Noun

ܟܦܪܐ • (kap̄rā) m (plural ܟܦܪܐ (kap̄rē))

1. hamlet, village
2. tomb, sepulcher, burial place

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܦܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܦܪ	ܟܦܪܝܢ
construct	ܟܦܪ	ܟܦܪܝ
emphatic	ܟܦܪܐ	ܟܦܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܦܪܝ	ܟܦܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܦܪܟ	ܟܦܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܦܪܟܝ	ܟܦܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܦܪܗ	ܟܦܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܦܪܗ	ܟܦܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܦܪܢ	ܟܦܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܦܪܟܘܢ	ܟܦܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܦܪܟܝܢ	ܟܦܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܦܪܗܘܢ	ܟܦܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܦܪܗܝܢ	ܟܦܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܦܪܘܢܐ (kap̄rōnā)

References

• “kpr”, 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, page 161a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 223b
• 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, pages 645a–b