ܢܣܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܣ-ܒ (n-s-b) related to taking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑsovɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑsove(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܣܘܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܣܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܣܘܒܬܐ)

1. taker, receiver, recipient
2. partaker, participant
3. (religion) communicant, faithful
4. husband, spouse
5. perceiver

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܣܘܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܣܘܒ		1st person	ܢܣܘܒܝ		ܢܣܘܒܢ
	construct	ܢܣܘܒ		2nd person	ܢܣܘܒܟ	ܢܣܘܒܟܝ	ܢܣܘܒܟܘܢ	ܢܣܘܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܣܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܢܣܘܒܗ	ܢܣܘܒܗ	ܢܣܘܒܗܘܢ	ܢܣܘܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܣܘܒܝܢ		1st person	ܢܣܘܒܝ		ܢܣܘܒܝܢ
	construct	ܢܣܘܒܝ		2nd person	ܢܣܘܒܝܟ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟܝ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟܘܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܣܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܢܣܘܒܘܗܝ	ܢܣܘܒܝܗ	ܢܣܘܒܝܗܘܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “taker”): ܝܗܘܒܐ

References

• “nswb”, 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. 206b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 342a
• 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. 924b