ܐܪܒܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Semitic *ʾirbay- (“locust”).

Prawns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɾbiθɑ/

Noun

ܐܪܒܝܬܐ • (ʾarbīṯā) f (plural ܐܪܒܝܬܐ)

1. crab; shrimp, prawn

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܪܒܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܪܒܝ		1st person	ܐܪܒܝܬܝ		ܐܪܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܐܪܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܐܪܒܝܬܟ	ܐܪܒܝܬܟܝ	ܐܪܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܐܪܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܒܝܬܗ	ܐܪܒܝܬܗ	ܐܪܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܐܪܒܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܪܒܝܢ		1st person	ܐܪܒܝܬܝ		ܐܪܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܐܪܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܐܪܒܝܬܟ	ܐܪܒܝܬܟܝ	ܐܪܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܐܪܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܒܝܬܗ	ܐܪܒܝܬܗ	ܐܪܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܐܪܒܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀrbytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-23
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
• 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 94a