ܟܪܦܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Antecedent of Middle Persian [script needed] (klps /⁠karafs⁠/, “celery”). Compare Persian کرفس (karafs), Arabic كَرَفْس (karafs) and Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛrp(ə)sɑ], [k(ə)rɛfsɑ], [k(ə)rafsɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛrp(ə)se], [k(ə)rɛfse], [k(ə)rafse] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܦܣܐ • (kerpəsā, kərep̄sā, kərap̄sā) m (plural ܟܪܦܣܐ (kerpəsē, kərep̄sē, kərap̄sē))

1. celery
2. parsley

Inflection

    inflection of ܟܪܦܣܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܪܦܣ	ܟܪܦܣܝܢ
construct	ܟܪܦܣ	ܟܪܦܣܝ
emphatic	ܟܪܦܣܐ	ܟܪܦܣܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܪܦܣܝ	ܟܪܦܣܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܪܦܣܟ	ܟܪܦܣܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܪܦܣܟܝ	ܟܪܦܣܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܪܦܣܗ	ܟܪܦܣܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܪܦܣܗ	ܟܪܦܣܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܪܦܣܢ	ܟܪܦܣܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܪܦܣܟܘܢ	ܟܪܦܣܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܪܦܣܟܝܢ	ܟܪܦܣܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܪܦܣܗܘܢ	ܟܪܦܣܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܪܦܣܗܝܢ	ܟܪܦܣܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܪܦܣܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ
• ܟܪܦܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܝܐ
• ܟܪܦܣܐ ܕܫܘܥܐ
• ܟܪܦܣܐ ܪܗܘܡܝܐ

References

• “krps”, 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 163b
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 222–226
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 423–435
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 228b
• 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 656b