ܐܪܒܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌑𒌨𒁀𒉡 (/⁠urbānu⁠/, “papyrus plant, reeds; writing medium”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔarˈbɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔarˈbɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑrˈbo.no]

Noun

ܐܪܒܢܐ • (ʾarbānā) m (plural ܐܪܒܢܐ (ʾarbānē))

1. kind of plant: rush, bulrush, flag, reed, papyrus
   • Peshitta, Isaiah 19:6:

     ܘܢܓܘܙܘܢ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ: ܘܢܬܡܣܟܢܘܢ. ܘܢܚܪܒܘܢ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ. ܩܢܝܐ ܘܐܪܒܢܐ ܘܦܦܪܘܢ ܢܐܒܫܘܢ.

     wa-nəḡūzun nahrawwāṯā, wə-neṯmaskənun wə-neḥrəḇun nahrawwāṯā ʿaššīnē. qanyā wə-ʾarbānā wə-pāpērōn nēḇəšun.

     And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

2. (botany) palm spathe

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܪܒܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܪܒܢ		1st person	ܐܪܒܢܝ		ܐܪܒܢܢ
	construct	ܐܪܒܢ		2nd person	ܐܪܒܢܟ	ܐܪܒܢܟܝ	ܐܪܒܢܟܘܢ	ܐܪܒܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܒܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܒܢܗ	ܐܪܒܢܗ	ܐܪܒܢܗܘܢ	ܐܪܒܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܪܒܢܝܢ		1st person	ܐܪܒܢܝ		ܐܪܒܢܝܢ
	construct	ܐܪܒܢܝ		2nd person	ܐܪܒܢܝܟ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟܝ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟܘܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܪܒܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܪܒܢܘܗܝ	ܐܪܒܢܝܗ	ܐܪܒܢܝܗܘܢ	ܐܪܒܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀrbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-06-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 18b
• 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