ܡܘܬܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܒ related to sitting. Compare Hebrew מוֹשָׁב (môšāḇ). The sense of "part of the liturgy" is a calque of Ancient Greek κάθισμα (káthisma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mawt(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mawt(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܬܒܐ • (mawtəḇā) m (plural ܡܘܬܒܐ)

1. seat, throne
2. sitting
3. (anatomy) buttocks, anus
4. sojourning, stay, visit
5. site, place, location, position
6. habitation, settlement
7. abode, dwelling, domicile
8. pulpit
9. (ecclesiastical) part of the liturgical service sung while sitting
10. see, diocese
11. session, council, congress
12. table

Inflection

Inflection of ܡܘܬܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܡܘܬܒ		1st person	ܡܘܬܒܝ		ܡܘܬܒܢ
	construct	ܡܘܬܒ		2nd person	ܡܘܬܒܟ	ܡܘܬܒܟܝ	ܡܘܬܒܟܘܢ	ܡܘܬܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܘܬܒܐ		3rd person	ܡܘܬܒܗ	ܡܘܬܒܗ	ܡܘܬܒܗܘܢ	ܡܘܬܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܡܘܬܒܝܢ		1st person	ܡܘܬܒܝ		ܡܘܬܒܝܢ
	construct	ܡܘܬܒܝ		2nd person	ܡܘܬܒܝܟ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟܝ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟܘܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܡܘܬܒܐ		3rd person	ܡܘܬܒܘܗܝ	ܡܘܬܒܝܗ	ܡܘܬܒܝܗܘܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mwtb”, 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. 146a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
• 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. 732a