ܛܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܛ-ܘ-ܒ (ṭ-w-b) related to being good. Compare Arabic طِيب (ṭīb) and Hebrew טוּב (ṭûḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤuvɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤuve(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܛܘܒܐ • (ṭūḇā) m (plural ܛܘܒܐ)

1. good, goodness, good things
2. glory
3. fruits, produce
4. resources, products
5. income, wealth
6. (in the plural) blessings
7. blessedness, happiness, bliss
8. beatitude

Inflection

Inflection of ܛܘܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܛܘܒ		1st person	ܛܘܒܝ		ܛܘܒܢ
	construct	ܛܘܒ		2nd person	ܛܘܒܟ	ܛܘܒܟܝ	ܛܘܒܟܘܢ	ܛܘܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܛܘܒܗ	ܛܘܒܗ	ܛܘܒܗܘܢ	ܛܘܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܛܘܒܝܢ		1st person	ܛܘܒܝ		ܛܘܒܝܢ
	construct	ܛܘܒܝ		2nd person	ܛܘܒܝܟ	ܛܘܒܝܟܝ	ܛܘܒܝܟܘܢ	ܛܘܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܛܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܛܘܒܘܗܝ	ܛܘܒܝܗ	ܛܘܒܝܗܘܢ	ܛܘܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ṭwb”, 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. 123b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 168a
• 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. 514a