ܐܒܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܠ (ʾ-b-l) related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.lɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.le] (plural)

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlā) m (plural ܐܒܠܐ)

Inflection

Inflection of **ܐܒܠܐ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
	state	form	person	m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܒܠ	1^st person	ܐܒܠܝ		ܐܒܠܢ
	construct	ܐܒܠ	2^nd person	ܐܒܠܟ	ܐܒܠܟܝ	ܐܒܠܟܘܢ	ܐܒܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܒܠܐ	3^rd person	ܐܒܠܗ	ܐܒܠܗ	ܐܒܠܗܘܢ	ܐܒܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܒܠܝܢ	1^st person	ܐܒܠܝ		ܐܒܠܝܢ
	construct	ܐܒܠܝ	2^nd person	ܐܒܠܝܟ	ܐܒܠܝܟܝ	ܐܒܠܝܟܘܢ	ܐܒܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܒܠܐ	3^rd person	ܐܒܠܘܗܝ	ܐܒܠܝܗ	ܐܒܠܝܗܘܢ	ܐܒܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛb.(bə.)lɑ], [ʔɛbˈbɑ.lɑ], [ʔabˈbɑ.lɑ]

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)

absolute singular of ܐܒܠܬܐ

References

“ˀbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-15
Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
Nestle, Eberhard (1902) “Zur syrischen Übersetzung der Kirchengeschichte des Eusebius”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 56, page 562
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2b
Rieger, Paul (1903) “ܐܒܝܠܐ „Der Mönch“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 57, pages 747–749
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 4b