ܠܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܠ ܒ ܒ (l b b)
2 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic לִבָּא (libbā), from Proto-Semitic *libb-; compare Hebrew לֵב (lev), Arabic لُبّ (lubb) and Akkadian 𒊮 (libbum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [lɪbbaː]

Noun

ܠܸܒܹ̈ܐ • (libbē) m sg (plural ܠܸܒܹ̈ܐ (libbē) or ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (libbāwātē) or ܠܸܒܵܒܹ̈ܐ (libbābē))

1. (anatomy) heart
2. center/centre, middle, core

   Synonyms: ܡܸܨܥܬ݂ܵܐ (miṣˁṯā), ܩܸܛܪܘܿܢ (qiṭrōn)

3. (figuratively) heart as a center of emotion
4. (figuratively) strong unfaltering will (courage, intrepidity, strength, perseverance, endurance, etc.)
5. kernel

Usage notes

• The fourth definition does not have a proper translation in English, but refers to a type of will that endures, and therefore can be translated in many different ways depending on context.
• The plural ܠܸܒܵܒܹ̈ܐ (libbābē) is reserved for the sense of kernels.

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܸܒܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܠܸܒܝܼ (libī)		ܠܸܒܲܢ (libban)
	construct	ܠܸܒ݂ (liḇ)		2nd person	ܠܸܒܘܼܟ݂ (libūḵ)	ܠܸܒܵܟ݂ܝ (libbāḵ)	ܠܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (libbāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܠܸܒܵܐ (libbā)		3rd person	ܠܸܒܹܗ (libbēh)	ܠܸܒܵܗ̇ (libbāh)	ܠܸܒܗܘܿܢ (libhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܝܼ̈ (libbāwātī)		ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܲܢ̈ (libbāwātan)
	construct	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬ̈ (libbāwāt)		2nd person	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (libbāwātūḵ)	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (libbāwātāḵ)	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (libbāwātāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (libbāwātē)		3rd person	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܘܼ̈ܗܝ (libbāwātūh)	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (libbāwātōh)	ܠܸܒܵܘܵܬܗ̈ܘܿܢ (libbāwāthōn)

Derived terms

• ܠܲܒ݂ܠܸܒ݂ܬܵܐ (laḇliḇtā, “uvula”)
• ܠܸܒܵܢܵܐ (libbānā, “brave”)
• ܠܸܒܵܢܵܝܵܐ (libbānāyā, “of the heart, cardiac”)
• ܡܠܲܒܸܒ݂ (mlabbiḇ, “to encourage”)
• ܡܸܢ ܠܸܒܵܐ (min libbā, “from memory”)

See also

• ܕܸܡܵܐ (dimmā, “blood as a container of character”)
• ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ˁaynā, “eye as a container of desire”)

Classical Syriac

ܠܒܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *libb-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛb.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪb.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ.bo]

Noun

ܠܒܐ • (lebbā) m (plural ܠܒܐ (lebbē) or ܠܒܘܬܐ (lebbawwāṯā))

1. (anatomy) heart
2. (anatomy, figuratively) stomach, innards, viscera
3. (anatomy, euphemistic) penis
4. center/centre, middle, core
5. (figuratively) mind, soul
6. (botany) pith
7. cake, pie

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܒ		1st person	ܠܒܝ		ܠܒܢ
	construct	ܠܒ		2nd person	ܠܒܟ	ܠܒܟܝ	ܠܒܟܘܢ	ܠܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܒܐ		3rd person	ܠܒܗ	ܠܒܗ	ܠܒܗܘܢ	ܠܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܒܘܬܐ ,ܠܒܐ		1st person	ܠܒܘܬܝ ,ܠܒܝ		ܠܒܘܬܢ ,ܠܒܝܢ
	construct	ܠܒܘܬܐ ,ܠܒܐ		2nd person	ܠܒܘܬܟ ,ܠܒܝܟ	ܠܒܘܬܟܝ ,ܠܒܝܟܝ	ܠܒܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܠܒܝܟܘܢ	ܠܒܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܠܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܒܘܬܐ ,ܠܒܐ		3rd person	ܠܒܘܬܗ ,ܠܒܘܗܝ	ܠܒܘܬܗ ,ܠܒܝܗ	ܠܒܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܠܒܝܗܘܢ	ܠܒܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܠܒܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (stomach, viscera): ܓܘܐ (gawwā)
• (middle): ܡܨܥܬܐ (meṣʿəṯā)
• (mind): ܒܠܐ (bālā)
• (soul): ܢܦܫܐ (nap̄šā)
• (cake): ܟܥܟܐ (kaʿkā)

References

• “lb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-02
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 167a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233b
• 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 666a-b

Anagrams

• ܒܠܐ