ܥܘܠܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܠ ܒ (ˁ l b)
2 terms

Borrowed from Arabic عُلَب (ʕulab), the collective plural of عُلْبَة (ʕulba), possibly related to Akkadian 𒀀𒆷𒈪𒌅 (a-la-mi-tu /⁠alamittu, elamittu, alabattu⁠/, “a kind of palm-tree”) from which such a box would have been made.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʕul.bɑː]

Noun

ܥܘܼܠܒܵܐ • (ˁulbā) m (plural ܥܘܼܠܒܹ̈ܐ (ˁulbē))

1. case; box or sheath

   ܕܪܝܼ ܠܵܗ̇ ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܠܓܵܘ ܥܘܼܠܒܵܗ̇ ܥܲܠ ܪܲܦܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ. ― drī lāh šāˁṯā lgāw ˁulbāh ˁal rapīṯā. ― Put the watch back into its case on the shelf.

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܘܼܠܒܵܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person	ܥܘܼܠܒܝܼ (ˁulbī)		ܥܘܼܠܒܲܢ (ˁulban)
	construct	ܥܘܼܠܲܒ݂ (ˁūlaḇ)		2nd person	ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼܟ݂ (ˁulbūḵ)	ܥܘܼܠܒܵܟ݂ܝ (ˁulbāḵ)	ܥܘܼܠܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁulbāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܥܘܼܠܒܵܐ (ˁulbā)		3rd person	ܥܘܼܠܒܹܗ (ˁulbēh)	ܥܘܼܠܒܵܗ̇ (ˁulbāh)	ܥܘܼܠܒܗܘܿܢ (ˁulbhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܥܘܼܠܒܝܼ̈ (ˁulbī)		ܥܘܼܠܒܲܢ̈ (ˁulban)
	construct	ܥܘܼܠܒܲܝ̈ (ˁulbay)		2nd person	ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ˁulbūḵ)	ܥܘܼܠܒܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ˁulbāḵ)	ܥܘܼܠܒܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ˁulbāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܥܘܼܠܒܹ̈ܐ (ˁulbē)		3rd person	ܥܘܼܠܒܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ˁulbūh)	ܥܘܼܠܒ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ˁulbōh)	ܥܘܼܠܒܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ˁulbhōn)

Derived terms

• ܥܘܼܠܒܘܿܢܵܐ (ˁulbōnā)