ܩܦܠܐܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܩܐܦܐܠܐܘܢ‎
  • ܩܗܦܐܠܐܘܢ‎
  • ܩܦܐܠܐܘܢ‎
  • ܩܐܦܠܘܢ‎

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɛppalleʔon]

Noun

ܩܦܠܐܘܢ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܦܠܐܐ‎)

  1. chapter (of book)
  2. main thing, foremost matter
  3. greater part
  4. summary
  5. sum (of money)

References

  • “qpl)wn”, 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. 326a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 514a
  • 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. 1393a
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