ܢܒܥܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܢ-ܒ-ܥ (n-b-ʿ) related to flowing; compare Arabic نَبْع (nabʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɛvʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛvʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܢܒܥܐ (neḇʿāʾm (plural ܢܒܥܐ)

  1. source, spring, fount, fountain
  2. (possibly) shoot

Inflection

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References

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  • nbˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 196a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 326b
  • 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. 885a