ܐܦܢ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- (rare) ܐܦ ܐܢ
Etymology
A contraction of ܐܦ (ʾāp̄, “even, also”) + ܐܢ (ʾen, “if”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɑfɛn]
Conjunction
ܐܦܢ • (transliteration needed)
- even if, although, albeit, at least
References
- “ˀpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 17b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 25b
- 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. 87b