ܡܕܒܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܕ ܒ ܪ. Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒁀𒊒 (/⁠madbaru⁠/, “desert, wilderness, steppe, hinterlands; Arabia”) and Hebrew מִדְבָּר (miḏbār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maðb(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [maðb(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܒܪܐ • (maḏbrā) m (plural ܡܕܒܪܐ)

1. desert, wilderness
2. steppe

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܒܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܕܒܪ		1st person	ܡܕܒܪܝ		ܡܕܒܪܢ
	construct	ܡܕܒܪ		2nd person	ܡܕܒܪܟ	ܡܕܒܪܟܝ	ܡܕܒܪܟܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܒܪܗ	ܡܕܒܪܗ	ܡܕܒܪܗܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܕܒܪܝܢ		1st person	ܡܕܒܪܝ		ܡܕܒܪܝܢ
	construct	ܡܕܒܪܝ		2nd person	ܡܕܒܪܝܟ	ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝ	ܡܕܒܪܝܟܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܒܪܘܗܝ	ܡܕܒܪܝܗ	ܡܕܒܪܝܗܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܡܕܒܪܝܐ
• ܡܕܒܪܢܝܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ ܒ ܪ related to leading. Compare Hebrew מְדַבֵּר (məḏabbēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ðavrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ðavre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܕܒܪܐ)

1. leader, guide

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܒܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܕܒܪ		1st person	ܡܕܒܪܝ		ܡܕܒܪܢ
	construct	ܡܕܒܪ		2nd person	ܡܕܒܪܟ	ܡܕܒܪܟܝ	ܡܕܒܪܟܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܒܪܗ	ܡܕܒܪܗ	ܡܕܒܪܗܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܕܒܪܝܢ		1st person	ܡܕܒܪܝ		ܡܕܒܪܝܢ
	construct	ܡܕܒܪܝ		2nd person	ܡܕܒܪܝܟ	ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝ	ܡܕܒܪܝܟܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܒܪܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܒܪܘܗܝ	ܡܕܒܪܝܗ	ܡܕܒܪܝܗܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mdbr”, 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. 58a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 251b
• 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. 712a