ܕܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ (d-b-r) related to driving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d(ə)vɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܕܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. leading, driving, managing
2. movement, agitation
3. ploughing/plowing, tilling
4. cultivation

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܒܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܒܪ		1st person	ܕܒܪܝ		ܕܒܪܢ
	construct	ܕܒܪ		2nd person	ܕܒܪܟ	ܕܒܪܟܝ	ܕܒܪܟܘܢ	ܕܒܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܪܗ	ܕܒܪܗ	ܕܒܪܗܘܢ	ܕܒܪܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ (d-b-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [davrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܕܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. land, country, countryside, pasture land
2. field
3. desert

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܒܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܒܪ		1st person	ܕܒܪܝ		ܕܒܪܢ
	construct	ܕܒܪ		2nd person	ܕܒܪܟ	ܕܒܪܟܝ	ܕܒܪܟܘܢ	ܕܒܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܪܗ	ܕܒܪܗ	ܕܒܪܗܘܢ	ܕܒܪܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• ܚܩܠܐ

References

• “dbr”, 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. 58a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 83a
• 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. 272b