ܕܒܝܩܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܕ ܒ ܩ (d b q)
6 terms

Passive participle of ܕܵܒ݂ܹܩ (dāḇēq, “to hold; to seize, apprehend”); cognate to Hebrew דָּבוּק (davúk, “stuck”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [dəwiːqɑː]

Adjective

ܕܒ݂ܝܼܩܵܐ • (dḇīqā) (feminine ܕܒ݂ܝܼܩܬܵܐ (dḇīqtā), plural ܕܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܩܹܐ (dḇīqē))

1. held, grabbed, seized

   Synonym: ܐ݇ܚܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (ḥīḏā)

2. adhesive, connected, attached, contiguous, cleaving, following

   Synonyms: ܛܸܦܝܵܐ (ṭipyā), ܢܲܩܝܼܦܵܐ (naqīpā)

3. blocked; stranded, stuck unable to proceed

   Synonym: ܙܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (zḡīrā)

   ܥܵܠܘܿܠܵܐ ܕܒ݂ܝܼܩܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܬܪܲܝܗܘܿܢ ܓܹܒܹܐ ― ˁālōlā dḇīqā ìlēh min trayhōn gēbē ― The street is blocked on both sides

4. reserved, booked, spoken for

   ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܟܘܼܪ̈ܣܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܩܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― hālēn kursawwāṯā dḇīqē ìnā. ― These chairs are reserved

Derived terms

• ܕܒ݂ܝܼܩܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (dḇīqāˀīṯ)
• ܕܒ݂ܝܼܩܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (dḇīqūṯā)

Etymology 2

Root
ܕ ܒ ܩ (d b q)
6 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac of the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā; compare Hebrew דָּבִיק (davíq), with the sense of “intransitive” a semantic loan from Arabic لَازِم (lāzim) while the sense of “conjunctive” a semantic loan from Arabic مَوْصُول (mawṣūl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [dabbiːqɑː]

Adjective

ܕܲܒܝܼܩܵܐ • (dabīqā) (feminine ܕܲܒܝܼܩܬܵܐ (dabīqtā), plural ܕܲܒܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ (dabīqē))

1. (orthography) cursive, written together
2. (grammar) conjunctive pronoun, relative pronoun
3. (grammar) intransitive (of a verb)

   Antonym: ܡܫܲܢܝܵܢܵܐ (mšanyānā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܩ related to adhering; compare Hebrew דָּבִיק (dāḇîq), דָּבוּק (dāḇûq). The sense of "intransitive" is a calque of Arabic لَازِم (lāzim) while the sense of "conjunctive noun" is a calque of Arabic مَوْصُول (mawṣūl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dabbiqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dabbiqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

ܕܒܝܩܐ • (dabbīqāʾ) m (plural ܕܒܝܩܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܕܒܝܩܬܐ)

1. adhesive, connected, attached, contiguous, cleaving, following
2. (orthography) cursive, written together
3. (grammar) intransitive

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܒܝܩܐ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
absolute	ܕܒܝܩ	ܕܒܝܩܐ	ܕܒܝܩܝܢ	ܕܒܝܩܢ
construct	ܕܒܝܩ	ܕܒܝܩܬ	ܕܒܝܩܝ	ܕܒܝܩܬ
emphatic	ܕܒܝܩܐ	ܕܒܝܩܬܐ	ܕܒܝܩܐ	ܕܒܝܩܬܐ

Noun

ܕܒܝܩܐ • (dabbīqāʾ) m (plural ܕܒܝܩܐ)

1. adherent, follower
2. (grammar) conjunctive pronoun, relative pronoun

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܒܝܩܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܒܝܩ		1st person	ܕܒܝܩܝ		ܕܒܝܩܢ
	construct	ܕܒܝܩ		2nd person	ܕܒܝܩܟ	ܕܒܝܩܟܝ	ܕܒܝܩܟܘܢ	ܕܒܝܩܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܝܩܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܝܩܗ	ܕܒܝܩܗ	ܕܒܝܩܗܘܢ	ܕܒܝܩܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܒܝܩܝܢ		1st person	ܕܒܝܩܝ		ܕܒܝܩܝܢ
	construct	ܕܒܝܩܝ		2nd person	ܕܒܝܩܝܟ	ܕܒܝܩܝܟܝ	ܕܒܝܩܝܟܘܢ	ܕܒܝܩܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܝܩܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܝܩܘܗܝ	ܕܒܝܩܝܗ	ܕܒܝܩܝܗܘܢ	ܕܒܝܩܝܗܝܢ

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 57b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 82a-b
• 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. 270a