ܕܒܫܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܕܒܫܐ

Etymology 1

Root
ܕ ܒ ܫ (d b š)
5 terms

Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal₃ /⁠dišpu⁠/, “syrup”), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”) and Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (d'vásh, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [dɪwʃaː]

Noun

ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ • (diḇšā) m

1. (uncountable) honey

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܝܼ (diḇšī)		ܕܸܒ݂ܫܲܢ (diḇšan)
	construct	ܕܒ݂ܸܫ (dḇiš)	2nd person	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܘܼܟ݂ (diḇšūḵ)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܟ݂ܝ (diḇšāḵ)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (diḇšāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (diḇšā)	3rd person	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܹܗ (diḇšēh)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܗ̇ (diḇšāh)	ܕܸܒ݂ܫܗܘܿܢ (diḇšhōn)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [dabbaːʃeː]

Noun

ܕܲܒܵܫܹ̈ܐ • (dabbāšē) f pl

1. plural of ܕܲܒܵܫܬܵܐ (dabbāštā, “bee”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal₃ /⁠dišpu⁠/, “syrup”), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”), Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dəḇaš, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛv.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪw.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛw.ʃo]

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (deḇšā) m (plural ܕܒܫܐ)

1. honey
   • Peshitta, Luke 24:42:

     ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܝܗܒܘ ܠܗ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܢܘܢܐ ܕܛܘܝܐ. ܘܡܢ ܟܟܪܝܬܐ ܕܕܒܫܐ.

     hennōn dên ya[h]ḇ[w] lēh mənāṯā men nūnā ḏə-ṭāwyā, wə-men kakkārīṯā ḏə-ḏeḇšā.

     And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

2. wax

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܒܫܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܒܫ		1st person	ܕܒܫܝ		ܕܒܫܢ
	construct	ܕܒܫ		2nd person	ܕܒܫܟ	ܕܒܫܟܝ	ܕܒܫܟܘܢ	ܕܒܫܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܫܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܫܗ	ܕܒܫܗ	ܕܒܫܗܘܢ	ܕܒܫܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܒܫܝܢ		1st person	ܕܒܫܝ		ܕܒܫܝܢ
	construct	ܕܒܫܝ		2nd person	ܕܒܫܝܟ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝ	ܕܒܫܝܟܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܒܫܐ		3rd person	ܕܒܫܘܗܝ	ܕܒܫܝܗ	ܕܒܫܝܗܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (wax): ܫܥܘܬܐ (šəʿōṯā, šāʿōṯā)

Derived terms

• ܕܒܫ (dabbeš)
• ܕܒܫܬܐ (dabbāštā)

Etymology 2

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšā)

1. absolute singular of ܕܒܫܬܐ

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšē)

1. emphatic plural of ܕܒܫܬܐ

References

• “dbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 58b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 273a