ܕܘܢܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܕܘܢܒܬܐ (dunbəṯā), ܕܢܘܒܬܐ (dənuḇtā)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏanab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dunbɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [dunbe], [dunbɑθɑ], [dunb(ə)jɑθɑ] (in the plural)

Noun

ܕܘܢܒܐ • (dunbā) f (plural ܕܘܢܒܝܬܐ (dunbəyāṯā) or ܕܘܢܒܬܐ (dunbāṯā) or ܕܘܢܒܐ (dunbē))

1. tail
2. farthest part, end
3. stump
4. bit, scrap

Inflection

Inflection of ܕܘܢܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܕܘܢܒ ,ܕܢܘܒ		1st person	ܕܘܢܒܝ		ܕܘܢܒܢ
	construct	ܕܘܢܒ ,ܕܢܘܒ		2nd person	ܕܘܢܒܟ	ܕܘܢܒܟܝ	ܕܘܢܒܟܘܢ	ܕܘܢܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܘܢܒܐ		3rd person	ܕܘܢܒܗ	ܕܘܢܒܗ	ܕܘܢܒܗܘܢ	ܕܘܢܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܕܘܢܒܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܢ		1st person	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܝ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܝ ,ܕܘܢܒܝ		ܕܘܢܒܝܬܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܢ
	construct	ܕܘܢܒܝܬ ,ܕܘܢܒܬ ,ܕܘܢܒܝ		2nd person	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܟ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܟ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܟ	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܟܝ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܟܝ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܟܝ	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܟܘܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܟܘܢ	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܟܝܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܐ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܐ ,ܕܘܢܒܐ		3rd person	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܗ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܗ ,ܕܘܢܒܘܗܝ	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܗ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܗ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܗ	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܗܘܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܗܘܢ	ܕܘܢܒܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܬܗܝܢ ,ܕܘܢܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “dnb”, 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, page 67b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 87a
• 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, pages 284a–b