| Eastern Syriac : | ܚܦܝ |
| Western Syriac : | ܚܦܝ |
| Category : | root |
| English : | to cover over , to conceal / to hide , to cover up / to sweep under the carpet figurative sense ; |
| French : | recouvrir / cacher / celer , dissimuler , enterrer sens figuré ; un scandale ... / balayer sous le tapis ; |
| Dialect : | Eastern Syriac |
| Hebrew : | ḥofef חופף «hovers» |
Cf. ܚܵܦܝܵܐ
Variants : ܚܦܐ
Derived words : ܚܦܘܛܐ, ܚܲܦܹܝ ܒܚܸܠܬܵܐ
Heb. hupa = wedding canopy
Source : Sokoloff