ܩܠܦܬܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 20 August 2015

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܠ-ܦ (q-l-p) related to peeling. Compare Arabic قِلَافَة (qilāfa) and Hebrew קְלִפָּה (qəlippâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lɑftɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lɑfe], [q(ə)lɑfɑθɑ] (in the plural)

Noun

ܩܠܦܬܐ • (qlāp̄ā, qlāp̄tā) f (plural ܩܠܦܬܐ or ܩܠܦܐ)

1. any outer covering able to be peeled off; peel, husk, rind, chaff, pod, shell
2. tree bark, fish scale, egg shell
3. (pathology) scab, scale, flake of skin
4. talc
5. (in the plural) resin

Descendants

• Old Armenian: կեղեւ (kełew)
  • Armenian: կեղև (keġew)

References

• “qlph”, 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. 321a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 507b
• 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. 1375a