Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛflɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɛfle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܢܦܠܐ)

1. fall, falling
2. piece, bit, scrap, fragment
3. (botany) malabathrum indicum

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܢ-ܦ-ܠ ‎(n-p-l) related to falling. Compare Hebrew נוֹפֵל ‎(nôᵽēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑflɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑfle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܦܠܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܢܦܠܐ)

1. faller

Inflection

References

• “npl”, 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. 208a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 344b
• 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. 932a