Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕafrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕafre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܦܪܐ • ‎(ˁap̄rā) m ‎(plural ܥܦܪܐ)

1. earth, soil, dust

Inflection

See also

• ܐܕܡܬܐ
• ܐܪܥܐ
• ܥܟܪܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܥ-ܦ-ܪ ‎(ʿ-p-r) related to cloaking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕafrɑ(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)fɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕafre(ʔ)], [ʕ(ə)fɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܦܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܥܦܪܐ)

1. garment, cloak, mantle, hood

Inflection

References

• “(pr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-12-13
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 260a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 422b
• 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. 1124a-b