ܛܘܦܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From a Sinitic language, reinterpreted as from the root ܛ-ܘ-ܦ (ṭ-w-p) related to floating; compare Cantonese 大風／大风 (daai⁶ fung¹, “big wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤawpɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤawpɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܦܢܐ • (ṭawpānā) m (plural ܛܘܦܢܐ (ṭawpānē))

1. flood, deluge, inundation

   Synonyms: ܓܪܦܐ, ܐܡܫܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܛܘܦܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܛܘܦܢ		1st person	ܛܘܦܢܝ		ܛܘܦܢܢ
	construct	ܛܘܦܢ		2nd person	ܛܘܦܢܟ	ܛܘܦܢܟܝ	ܛܘܦܢܟܘܢ	ܛܘܦܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܘܦܢܐ		3rd person	ܛܘܦܢܗ	ܛܘܦܢܗ	ܛܘܦܢܗܘܢ	ܛܘܦܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܛܘܦܢܝܢ		1st person	ܛܘܦܢܝ		ܛܘܦܢܝܢ
	construct	ܛܘܦܢܝ		2nd person	ܛܘܦܢܝܟ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܘܦܢܐ		3rd person	ܛܘܦܢܘܗܝ	ܛܘܦܢܝܗ	ܛܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܝܒܫܢܐ

Descendants

• → Arabic: طُوفَان (ṭūfān) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ṭwpn”, 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, page 124b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170a
• 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 520a