ܢܝܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic نَاب (nāb) and Hebrew נִיב (nîḇ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [niːvaː]
• (Barwari) IPA^(key): [niːva], [niːwa]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [niːva]

Noun

ܢܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ • (nīḇā) m (plural ܢܝܼܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (nīḇē))

1. (anatomy) canine tooth
2. tusk
3. crab's claw

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• ܟܲܟܵܐ (kakkā, “tooth”)
• ܫܸܢܵܐ (šinnā, “tooth”)
• ܓܵܪܘܿܣܬܵܐ (gārōstā, “molar”)
• ܡܦܲܣܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mpasqānīṯā, “incisor”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܐܒܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic نَاب (nāb) and Hebrew נִיב (nîḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nivɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [nive(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܢܝܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܒܐ)

1. (anatomy) canine tooth; molar
2. tusk
3. crab's claw

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܝܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܝܒ		1st person	ܢܝܒܝ		ܢܝܒܢ
	construct	ܢܝܒ		2nd person	ܢܝܒܟ	ܢܝܒܟܝ	ܢܝܒܟܘܢ	ܢܝܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܝܒܐ		3rd person	ܢܝܒܗ	ܢܝܒܗ	ܢܝܒܗܘܢ	ܢܝܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܝܒܝܢ		1st person	ܢܝܒܝ		ܢܝܒܝܢ
	construct	ܢܝܒܝ		2nd person	ܢܝܒܝܟ	ܢܝܒܝܟܝ	ܢܝܒܝܟܘܢ	ܢܝܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܝܒܐ		3rd person	ܢܝܒܘܗܝ	ܢܝܒܝܗ	ܢܝܒܝܗܘܢ	ܢܝܒܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܝܒܝܐ

References

• “nyb”, 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. 203b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
• 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. 913b

Anagrams

• ܒܝܢܐ
• ܒܢܝܐ
• ܝܒܢܐ
• ܢܒܝܐ