ܢܒܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܢ ܒ ܐ (n b ˀ)
1 term

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [nwiːjaː]

Noun

ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ • (nḇīyā) m (plural ܢܒ݂̈ܝܼܹܐ (nḇīyē), feminine ܢܒ݂ܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (nḇīṯā))

1. prophet

   Synonym: ܚܲܙܵܝܵܐ (ḥazzāyā)

Proper noun

ܢܒ݂ܝܼܵܐ • (nḇīyā) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname transferred from the given name

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)vijɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)vije(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܒܝܐ • (nǝḇī(ˀ)ā) m (plural ܢܒܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܒܝܬܐ)

1. prophet

   Synonym: ܚܙܝܐ

2. interpreter
3. speaker, spokesman
4. codex

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܒܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܒܝ		1st person	ܢܒܝܝ		ܢܒܝܢ
	construct	ܢܒܝ		2nd person	ܢܒܝܟ	ܢܒܝܟܝ	ܢܒܝܟܘܢ	ܢܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܒܝܐ		3rd person	ܢܒܝܗ	ܢܒܝܗ	ܢܒܝܗܘܢ	ܢܒܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܒܝܝܢ		1st person	ܢܒܝܝ		ܢܒܝܝܢ
	construct	ܢܒܝܝ		2nd person	ܢܒܝܝܟ	ܢܒܝܝܟܝ	ܢܒܝܝܟܘܢ	ܢܒܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܒܝܐ		3rd person	ܢܒܝܘܗܝ	ܢܒܝܝܗ	ܢܒܝܝܗܘܢ	ܢܒܝܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܒܝܘܬܐ

References

• “nby”, 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. 195a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 326a
• 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. 884a

Anagrams

• ܒܝܢܐ
• ܒܢܝܐ
• ܝܒܢܐ
• ܢܝܒܐ