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ḥwpy, ḥwpyˀ n.m. foam
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foam
Syr, JBA, Man
ThbK2 345:27↗ ܘܫܚܘܪ ܪܫܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܚܘܦ‍{‍ܢ‍}‍ܐ ܕܒܡ̈ܝܐ܂ ܘܕܩܢܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܡ݂ܢ ܢܘܢ̈ܐ ܕܪܒܝܬܐ‏ : their head is blacker than the foam in water and their beard than the fish of the se ; BT AZ 70b(2)↗ ההיא רביתא דאשתכחא ביני דני דהות נקיטא חופיא בידה‏ : a certain young girl who was found among the vats who was holding froth in her hand ; BT Ḥul 105b(30)↗ האי דלא שתו אופיא משום מאי̇ס̇ותא‏ : the reason he does not drink foam is because of repulsiveness ; GY 210:1↗ ḏhiuar rišẖ mn haupia mia : whose head was whiter than water’s foam ; AM 258:2↗ mitahzia aiak haspa ḏbgauẖ zabad hupia : it looks like clay in which there is foam (< Arabic, i.e.) foam ; Pashar Mihla 111↗ ḏˁqbia mn aupia ḏmia : whose origin is from the watery foam
2
a skin disease
Man
AM 96:12↗ ubasar šnia šahba ni^n^puq ubẖ hipia ninpuqubẖ : in year 10 eczema will emerge in it and h-disease will emerge in it
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Mandaic haupia, hupia, aupia
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The proper division among the three homographs is uncertain. Note that the sole Syriac example is in a text describing Mandaic belief.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 441bDrower/Macuch: 10b, 117b, 136b

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