ܢܘܒܪܫܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root ܢ-ܒ-ܪ-ܫ (n-b-r-š), related to kindling, from ܢܒܪܫܬܐ (naḇreštā, “candelabrum”), either from Old Persian [Term?] (/*nibrāšti-/) or from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/nabliš/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”); compare Arabic نِبْرَاس (nibrās).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܢܘܒܪܫܐ • (nūḇrāšā) m (plural ܢܘܒܪܫܐ)
Inflection
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܢܘܒܪܫ | 1st person | ܢܘܒܪܫܝ | ܢܘܒܪܫܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܒܪܫ | 2nd person | ܢܘܒܪܫܟ | ܢܘܒܪܫܟܝ | ܢܘܒܪܫܟܘܢ | ܢܘܒܪܫܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܒܪܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܒܪܫܗ | ܢܘܒܪܫܗ | ܢܘܒܪܫܗܘܢ | ܢܘܒܪܫܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܢ | 1st person | ܢܘܒܪܫܝ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܢܘܒܪܫܝ | 2nd person | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟܝ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟܘܢ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܢܘܒܪܫܐ | 3rd person | ܢܘܒܪܫܘܗܝ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܗ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܗܘܢ | ܢܘܒܪܫܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
[edit]- “nwbrš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-06-17
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 196a
- 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. 894b