ܢܒܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Feminine form of ܢܒܝܐ (n(ə)ḇījā(ʾ), “prophet”), from Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇîʾ). Compare Arabic نُبُوَّة (nubuwwa) and Hebrew נְבִיאָה (nəḇîʾâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n(ə)viθɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [n(ə)vijɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܒܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܢܒܝܐ)

1. prophetess
2. prophet's wife
3. interpreter
4. speaker, spokeswoman

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܒܝܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܒܝܐ		1st person	ܢܒܝܬܝ		ܢܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܢܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܢܒܝܬܟ	ܢܒܝܬܟܝ	ܢܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܢܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܒܝܬܗ	ܢܒܝܬܗ	ܢܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܢܒܝܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܒܝܢ		1st person	ܢܒܝܬܢ		ܢܒܝܬܢ
	construct	ܢܒܝܬ		2nd person	ܢܒܝܬܟ	ܢܒܝܬܟܝ	ܢܒܝܬܟܘܢ	ܢܒܝܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܒܝܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܒܝܬܗ	ܢܒܝܬܗ	ܢܒܝܬܗܘܢ	ܢܒܝܬܗܝܢ

References

• “nbyh”, 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