ܢܒܪܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Either from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*nibrāšti-⁠/) or from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/⁠nabliš⁠/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”); compare Hebrew נִבְרֶשֶׁת (niḇréšeṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [navˈrɛʃ.tɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nav.r(ə.)ˈʃɑ.θɑ], [nav.rɛʃˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܒܪܫܬܐ • (naḇreštā) f (plural ܢܒܪܫܝܬܐ or ܢܒܪܫܬܐ)

1. candelabrum
2. hearth, fireplace
3. flame, blaze, bright fire
4. (figuratively) fiery nature

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܒܪܫܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܒܪܫܐ		1st person	ܢܒܪܫܬܝ		ܢܒܪܫܬܢ
	construct	ܢܒܪܫܬ		2nd person	ܢܒܪܫܬܟ	ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝ	ܢܒܪܫܬܟܘܢ	ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܒܪܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܒܪܫܬܗ	ܢܒܪܫܬܗ	ܢܒܪܫܬܗܘܢ	ܢܒܪܫܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܒܪܫܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܢ		1st person	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܝ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܝ		ܢܒܪܫܝܬܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܢ
	construct	ܢܒܪܫܝܬ ,ܢܒܪܫܬ		2nd person	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܝ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܘܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܐ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗܘܢ	ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܒܪܫ (naḇreš)
• ܢܒܪܫܬܢܝܐ (naḇreštānāyā)
• ܢܘܒܪܫܐ (nūḇrāšā)

References

• “nbršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-11
• 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, pp. 885b-886a