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

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
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