ܢܒܝܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ܢܒܝܐ (nəḇīyāʾ, “prophet”), from Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ) + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ). Compare Arabic نُبُوءَة (nubūʔa) and Hebrew נְבִיאוּת (nəḇîʾûṯ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܢܒܝܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܒܝܘܬܐ)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܒܝܘ | 1st person | ܢܒܝܘܬܝ | ܢܒܝܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܒܝܘܬ | 2nd person | ܢܒܝܘܬܟ | ܢܒܝܘܬܟܝ | ܢܒܝܘܬܟܘܢ | ܢܒܝܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܒܝܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܢܒܝܘܬܗ | ܢܒܝܘܬܗ | ܢܒܝܘܬܗܘܢ | ܢܒܝܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܒܝܘܢ | 1st person | ܢܒܝܘܬܝ | ܢܒܝܘܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܒܝܘܬ | 2nd person | ܢܒܝܘܬܟ | ܢܒܝܘܬܟܝ | ܢܒܝܘܬܟܘܢ | ܢܒܝܘܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܒܝܘܬܐ | 3rd person | ܢܒܝܘܬܗ | ܢܒܝܘܬܗ | ܢܒܝܘܬܗܘܢ | ܢܒܝܘܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “nbyw”, 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. 884b