ܥܒܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܥܒܐ (ʿāḇā, “forest”) + the diminutive masculine ending ܘܢܐ- (-ōnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɑvonɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɑvone] (in the plural)

Noun

ܥܒܘܢܐ • (ˁāḇōnā) m (plural ܥܒܘܢܐ (ˁāḇōnē))

1. grove, thicket, small forest

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܒܘܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܒܘܢ		1st person	ܥܒܘܢܝ		ܥܒܘܢܢ
	construct	ܥܒܘܢ		2nd person	ܥܒܘܢܟ	ܥܒܘܢܟܝ	ܥܒܘܢܟܘܢ	ܥܒܘܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܒܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܥܒܘܢܗ	ܥܒܘܢܗ	ܥܒܘܢܗܘܢ	ܥܒܘܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܒܘܢܝܢ		1st person	ܥܒܘܢܝ		ܥܒܘܢܝܢ
	construct	ܥܒܘܢܝ		2nd person	ܥܒܘܢܝܟ	ܥܒܘܢܝܟܝ	ܥܒܘܢܝܟܘܢ	ܥܒܘܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܒܘܢܐ		3rd person	ܥܒܘܢܘܗܝ	ܥܒܘܢܝܗ	ܥܒܘܢܝܗܘܢ	ܥܒܘܢܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁbwn”, 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, page 246b
• 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, page 1062a