ܝܗܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܗ-ܒ (w-h-b) related to giving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑhovɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [jɑhove(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܗܘܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܗܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܗܘܒܬܐ)

1. giver, donor
2. (grammar) dative case

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܗܘܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܝܗܘܒ		1st person	ܝܗܘܒܝ		ܝܗܘܒܢ
	construct	ܝܗܘܒ		2nd person	ܝܗܘܒܟ	ܝܗܘܒܟܝ	ܝܗܘܒܟܘܢ	ܝܗܘܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܗܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܝܗܘܒܗ	ܝܗܘܒܗ	ܝܗܘܒܗܘܢ	ܝܗܘܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܝܗܘܒܝܢ		1st person	ܝܗܘܒܝ		ܝܗܘܒܝܢ
	construct	ܝܗܘܒܝ		2nd person	ܝܗܘܒܝܟ	ܝܗܘܒܝܟܝ	ܝܗܘܒܝܟܘܢ	ܝܗܘܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܝܗܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܝܗܘܒܘܗܝ	ܝܗܘܒܝܗ	ܝܗܘܒܝܗܘܢ	ܝܗܘܒܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “giver”): ܢܣܘܒܐ

Proper noun

ܝܗܘܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (astronomy) name of a star

References

• “yhwb”, 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. 139a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 189a
• 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. 567a