ܐܦܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܦ-ܬ-ܐ (p-t-ʾ) related to enlarging or increasing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔapp(ə)θɑ(ʔ)], [ʔaftɑ(ʔ)]
Noun
ܐܦܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)
- space, place
- occasion, opportunity
- leisure
- delay
- cause
References
- “ˀptˀ”, 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. 26b
- 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. 90a-b