ܕܒܐ

See also: ܪܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪb.baː]

Noun

ܕܸܒܵܐ • (dibbā) f (plural ܕܸܒܹ̈ܐ (dibbē) or ܕܸ̈ܒܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dibbāṯā) or ܕܸܒܵܒܹ̈ܐ (dibbābē))

1. bear
2. (offensive) fat person

Conjugation

Inflection of ܕܸܒܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܕܸܒܝܼ (dibī)		ܕܸܒܲܢ (dibban)
	construct	ܕܸܒ (dib)		2nd person	ܕܸܒܘܼܟ݂ (dibūḵ)	ܕܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ (dibbāḵ)	ܕܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dibbāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܕܸܒܵܐ (dibbā)		3rd person	ܕܸܒܹܗ (dibbēh)	ܕܸܒܵܗ̇ (dibbāh)	ܕܸܒܗܘܿܢ (dibhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܕܸܒܝܼ̈ (dibī)		ܕܸܒܲܢ̈ (dibban)
	construct	ܕܸܒܲܝ̈ (dibbay)		2nd person	ܕܸܒܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (dibūḵ)	ܕܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (dibbāḵ)	ܕܸܒܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dibbāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܕܸܒܹ̈ܐ (dibbē)		3rd person	ܕܸܒܘܼ̈ܗܝ (dibūh)	ܕܸܒ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (dibbōh)	ܕܸܒܗ̈ܘܿܢ (dibhōn)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛb.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪb.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈde.bo]

Noun

ܕܒܐ • (debbā) c (plural ܕܒܐ (debbē))

1. bear
   • Peshitta, 2 Kings 2:24:

     ܘܢܦܩ ܬܪܬܝܢ ܕ̈ܒܝܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܒܐ: ܘܦܪܬ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܐܪܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܪܝܢ ܛܠܝ̈ܝܢ.

     wa-nəp̄aq tartēn debbīn men ʿāḇā, wə-p̄arreṯ menhōn ʾarbəʿīn wa-ṯərēn ṭəlāyīn.

     And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܒ		1st person	ܕܒܝ		ܕܒܢ
	construct	ܕܒ		2nd person	ܕܒܟ	ܕܒܟܝ	ܕܒܟܘܢ	ܕܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܗ	ܕܒܗ	ܕܒܗܘܢ	ܕܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܒܝܢ		1st person	ܕܒܝ		ܕܒܝܢ
	construct	ܕܒܝ		2nd person	ܕܒܝܟ	ܕܒܝܟܝ	ܕܒܝܟܘܢ	ܕܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܘܗܝ	ܕܒܝܗ	ܕܒܝܗܘܢ	ܕܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “db”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 57a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 81b
• 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 268b