ܬܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܬܐܦܐ

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒉽𒂊 (/⁠atappu, adappu⁠/, “canal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tappɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [tappe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܬܦܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܬܦܐ)

1. brook, stream, canal
2. (figuratively, of a liquid) stream, flow (e.g., of tears)

Inflection

    inflection of ܬܦܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܬܦ	ܬܦܝܢ
construct	ܬܦ	ܬܦܝ
emphatic	ܬܦܐ	ܬܦܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܬܦܝ	ܬܦܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܬܦܟ	ܬܦܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܬܦܟܝ	ܬܦܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܬܦܗ	ܬܦܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܬܦܗ	ܬܦܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܬܦܢ	ܬܦܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܬܦܟܘܢ	ܬܦܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܬܦܟܝܢ	ܬܦܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܬܦܗܘܢ	ܬܦܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܬܦܗܝܢ	ܬܦܝܗܝܢ

References

• “tp”, 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. 395a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 617b
• 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. 1658a