ܠܦܦܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܠ-ܦ-ܦ (l-p-p) related to joining. Compare Arabic لِفَافَة (lifāfa) and Hebrew ליפוף \ לִפּוּף (lippūp̄).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l(ə)fɑfɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [l(ə)fɑfe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܠܦܦܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܠܦܦܐ)

  1. envelope

Inflection

References

  • lpp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 244a
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