ܛܒܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ظَبْيَة (ẓabya) and Hebrew צְבִיָּה (ṣəḇiyyâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤ(ə)viθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤavjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܛܒܝܬܐ • (ṭəḇīṯāʾ) f (plural ܛܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܛܒܝܐ)

1. gazelle
2. roe, deer, hind

Inflection

Inflection of ܛܒܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܛܒܝܐ		1st person	ܛܒܝܬܝ		ܛܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܛܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܛܒܝܬܟ	ܛܒܝܬܟܝ	ܛܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܛܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܛܒܝܬܗ	ܛܒܝܬܗ	ܛܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܛܒܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܛܒܝܢ		1st person	ܛܒܝܬܢ		ܛܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܛܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܛܒܝܬܟ	ܛܒܝܬܟܝ	ܛܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܛܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܛܒܝܬܗ	ܛܒܝܬܗ	ܛܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܛܒܝܬܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܛܒܝܬܐ • (ṭəḇīṯāʾ) f

1. Tabitha, Dorcas (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name

References

• “ṭby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 122a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166a
• 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 509b