ܩܦܠܐܘܢ

ܩܦܠܐܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic קֵפַּלֵאוֹן‎ (qeppalleʾōn), from Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qiːpɑːˈliːʔon.]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [qiːpɑːˈliːjun.]

Noun

ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ • (qēpālēʾon) m sg (plural ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܹ̈ܐ‎ (qēpālēʾē))

1. chapter (main division of a book typically with a number or title)

   ‏ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܒܸܬ ܩܵܪܲܚ ܒܘܼܬ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܒܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ ܕܚܲܕܸܥܣܲܪ.‎‎

   aḥnan bit qāraḥ but āhā b-qēpālēʾon d-ḥadiʿsar.

   We will read about this in chapter eleven.

2. a distinctive period in history or in a person's life.

   ‏ܥܲܡܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܫܲܪܘܼܝܹܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ ܚܲܕܬܵܐ ܒܬܲܫܥܝܼܬܹܗ.‎‎

   ʿammā d-āšor šaruyē ìlēh qēpālēʾon ḥadtā b-tašʿītēh.

   The people of Assyria are beginning a new chapter in their history.

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ (qēpālēʾon)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܝܼ‎ (qēpālēʾonī)		ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܲܢ‎ (qēpālēʾonan)
	construct	–	2nd person	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܘܼܟ݂‎ (qēpālēʾonuḵ)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܵܟ݂ܝ‎ (qēpālēʾonāḵ)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (qēpālēʾonāwḵon)
	emphatic	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢ (qēpālēʾon)	3rd person	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܹܗ‎ (qēpālēʾonēh)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܘܿܗ̇‎ (qēpālēʾonoh)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܿܢܗܘܿܢ‎ (qēpālēʾonhon)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܝܼ̈‎ (qēpālēʾī)		ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܲܢ̈‎ (qēpālēʾan)
	construct	–	2nd person	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܼ̈ܟ݂‎ (qēpālēʾuḵ)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܵܟ݂ܝ̈‎ (qēpālēʾāḵ)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (qēpālēʾāwḵon)
	emphatic	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܹ̈ܐ‎ (qēpālēʾē)	3rd person	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܘܼ̈ܗܝ‎ (qēpālēʾuh)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐ̈ܘܿܗ̇‎ (qēpālēʾoh)	ܩܹܦܵܠܹܐܗ̈ܘܿܢ‎ (qēpālēhon)

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܐܦܐܠܐܘܢ‎ (qʾpʾlʾwn), ܩܗܦܐܠܐܘܢ‎ (qhpʾlʾwn), ܩܦܐܠܐܘܢ‎ (qpʾlʾwn), ܩܐܦܠܘܢ‎ (qʾplwn), קפלאון‎ (qeppalleʾōn)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφάλαιον (kephálaion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɛp.pal.leˈʔon]

Noun

ܩܦܠܐܘܢ • (qeppalleʾōn) m (plural ܩܦܠܐܐ‎)

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

Descendants

• → Arabic: قَفْلَة‎ (qafla)

References

• “qplˀwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-02-27
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 326a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 1393a
• Toll, Christopher (1969), “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana‎ (in German), volume 18, pages 142–144