Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛfrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛfre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܦܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܦܪܐ)

1. shame

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܪ ‎(ḥ-p-r) related to digging, from Proto-Semitic *ḥpr. Compare Arabic حَفْر ‎(ḥafr) and حَفَرَة ‎(ḥafara(t)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛfrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɛfre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܦܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܦܪܐ)

1. ditch, trench, hole
2. pit, mine
3. grave
4. pond

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܚ-ܦ-ܪ ‎(ḥ-p-r) related to digging, from Proto-Semitic *ḥpr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)fɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)fɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܦܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܚܦܪܐ)

1. digging, hollowing

Inflection

References

• “xpr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 113b, 114a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 154a
• 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. 482a-b