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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܛܘܦܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܢ
construct	ܛܘܦܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝ
emphatic	ܛܘܦܢܐ	ܛܘܦܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܛܘܦܢܝ	ܛܘܦܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟܝ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܛܘܦܢܗ	ܛܘܦܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܛܘܦܢܗ	ܛܘܦܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܛܘܦܢܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟܘܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟܝܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܛܘܦܢܗܘܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܛܘܦܢܗܝܢ	ܛܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ

    inflection of ܛܘܦܢܐ

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