ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܡܕܒܪܢܐ (m(ə)ḏabb(ə)rānā(ʾ), “leader”), from the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ (d-b-r) related to leading + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ðabb(ə)rɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [m(ə)ðabb(ə)rɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ)

1. direction, steering
2. guidance, leadership
3. stewardship, management
4. administration, government, authority, rule, power
5. province, prefecture
6. instruction, principles
7. way of life
8. plan, course, action
9. fate, destiny
10. (theology) divine economy
11. foresight, prudence, providence
12. (used with possessive suffixes as a title) Excellency, Excellence

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܕܒܪܢܘ		1st person	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܝ		ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܝ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܢ		1st person	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܝ		ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܢ
	construct	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬ		2nd person	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܝ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗܘܢ	ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “mdbrnw”, 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. 58b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 252a
• 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. 712b