ܢܨܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܨ-ܒ (n-ṣ-b) related to erecting. Compare Arabic نَصْبَة (naṣba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛsˤb(ə)θɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɛsˤbɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܨܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܢܨܒܬܐ)

1. plant, shoot, slip, sucker
2. seed
3. planting, inseminating, reproduction
4. sown place, plantation
5. locust egg

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܨܒܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܢܨܒܐ		1st person	ܢܨܒܬܝ		ܢܨܒܬܢ
	construct	ܢܨܒܬ		2nd person	ܢܨܒܬܟ	ܢܨܒܬܟܝ	ܢܨܒܬܟܘܢ	ܢܨܒܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܨܒܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܨܒܬܗ	ܢܨܒܬܗ	ܢܨܒܬܗܘܢ	ܢܨܒܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܢܨܒܢ		1st person	ܢܨܒܬܢ		ܢܨܒܬܢ
	construct	ܢܨܒܬ		2nd person	ܢܨܒܬܟ	ܢܨܒܬܟܝ	ܢܨܒܬܟܘܢ	ܢܨܒܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܢܨܒܬܐ		3rd person	ܢܨܒܬܗ	ܢܨܒܬܗ	ܢܨܒܬܗܘܢ	ܢܨܒܬܗܝܢ

References

• “nṣbh”, 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. 211a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 347b
• 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. 939a