Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Arabic عَفَر (ʕafar) and Hebrew עָפָר (ʿāp̄ār, dust)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕafrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕafre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܦܪܐ (ˁap̄rām (plural ܥܦܪܐ)

  1. earth, soil, dust
Inflection edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܥ-ܦ-ܪ (ʿ-p-r) related to cloaking.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕafrɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)fɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕafre(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)fɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܦܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܦܪܐ)

  1. garment, cloak, mantle, hood
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-13
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 260a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 422b
  • 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. 1124a-b