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ܢܦܛܐ

ܢܦܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɛftˁɑ(ʔ)], [naftˁɑ(ʔ)], [nɑftˁɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܢܦܛܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. naphtha, petroleum
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَفَاطَة (nafāṭa), itself related to above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nappɑtˁɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nappɑtˁe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܛܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܦܛܐ)

  1. torch
  2. blister, pustule, pimple
Inflection

References

  • npT”, 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, p. 207b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 344a
  • 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. 930a