ܐܦܥܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the older form *ܐܒܥܐ (ʾaḇʿāʾ), from *ܥܒܥܐ (ʿaḇʿāʾ), from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abuʕ-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܐܦܥܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܦܥܐ)
Usage notes
[edit]While the word is normally considered feminine, it may occasionally be masculine when specifically referring to a male.
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܐܦܥ | 1st person | ܐܦܥܝ | ܐܦܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܦܥ | 2nd person | ܐܦܥܟ | ܐܦܥܟܝ | ܐܦܥܟܘܢ | ܐܦܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܦܥܐ | 3rd person | ܐܦܥܗ | ܐܦܥܗ | ܐܦܥܗܘܢ | ܐܦܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܐܦܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܐܦܥܝ | ܐܦܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܐܦܥܝ | 2nd person | ܐܦܥܝܟ | ܐܦܥܝܟܝ | ܐܦܥܝܟܘܢ | ܐܦܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܐܦܥܐ | 3rd person | ܐܦܥܘܗܝ | ܐܦܥܝܗ | ܐܦܥܝܗܘܢ | ܐܦܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “ˀpˁ”, 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, p. 18a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 26b
- 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, p. 88b