ܠܦܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From a metathesis of Northern Kurdish پێل (pêl).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [lap.pɑː]
Noun
ܠܲܦܵܐ • (lappā) m sg (plural ܠܲܦܹ̈ܐ (lappē))
- wave (moving disturbance in the level of liquid)
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܒܝܵܡܵܐ ܦܝܵܫܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܚܲܝܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ.
- lappā b-yāmā pyāšā ìnā yatir ḥaylānē.
- The waves in the sea are getting stronger.
- (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the level of energy)
- (figuratively) wave (sudden but temporary uptick in something)
- ܒܸܠܒ݂ܵܫܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܬܲܚܦܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ ܡܸܢ݇ܕܪܹܝܫ݇ ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܬܵܐ ܕܠܲܦܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܕܟܘܼܪܗܵܢܵܐ.
- bilḇāšā ìwaḥ taḥpyātē laʾḵā midrēy min ʿiltā d-lappā ḥēnā d-kurhānā.
- We are wearing masks here again because of another wave of the disease.
Inflection
Inflection of ܠܲܦܵܐ (lappā)
number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
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state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||||
singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܠܲܦܝܼ (lapī) | ܠܲܦܲܢ (lappan) | ||
construct | ܠܲܦ (lap) | 2nd person | ܠܲܦܘܼܟ݂ (lapuḵ) | ܠܲܦܵܟ݂ܝ (lappāḵ) | ܠܲܦܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lappāwḵon) | ||
emphatic | ܠܲܦܵܐ (lappā) | 3rd person | ܠܲܦܹܗ (lappēh) | ܠܲܦܘܿܗ̇ (lapoh) | ܠܲܦܗܘܿܢ (laphon) | ||
plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܠܲܦܝܼ̈ (lapī) | ܠܲܦܲܢ̈ (lappan) | ||
construct | ܠܲܦܲܝ̈ (lappay) | 2nd person | ܠܲܦܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (lapuḵ) | ܠܲܦܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (lappāḵ) | ܠܲܦܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (lappāwḵon) | ||
emphatic | ܠܲܦܹ̈ܐ (lappē) | 3rd person | ܠܲܦܘܼ̈ܗܝ (lapuh) | ܠܲܦ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (lapoh) | ܠܲܦܗ̈ܘܿܢ (laphon) | ||
Derived terms
- ܝܘܼܪܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܠܲܦܵܐ (yurḵā d-lappā, “wavelength”)
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܕܚܸܡܵܐ (lappā d-ḥimmā, “heatwave”)
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܕܡܘܼܚܵܐ (lappā d-muḥā, “brainwave”)
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ (lappā daqīqā, “microwave”)
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܕܩܵܠܵܐ (lappā d-qālā, “soundwave”)
- ܠܲܦܵܐ ܕܩܲܪܬܵܐ (lappā d-qartā, “cold snap”)
- ܠܲܦܵܢܵܐ (lappānā, “wavy”)
See also
- ܓܲܠܠܵܐ (gallā)