ܥܝܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܥ ܘ ܒ (ˁ w b)
1 term

Compare Hebrew עָב (ʿāḇ), Turoyo ܥܱܝܘܐ (cäywo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʕajː.waː.], [ʕajː.vaː.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.wa.], [ʔeh.wa.]

Noun

ܥܲܝܒ݂ܵܐ • (ˁayḇā) m (plural ܥܲܝܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁayḇāṯā))

1. cloud

Derived terms

• ܡܥܲܝܒ݂ܸܢ (mˁayḇin, “to become cloudy”)
• ܥܲܝܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ (ˁayḇānā, “cloudy”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ ܘ ܒ. Compare Hebrew עָב (ʿāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕajbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕajbe] (plural)

Noun

ܥܝܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܝܒܐ)

1. chest, trunk (for clothes)
2. purse, pouch, wallet
3. rain cloud

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܝܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܝܒ		1st person	ܥܝܒܝ		ܥܝܒܢ
	construct	ܥܝܒ		2nd person	ܥܝܒܟ	ܥܝܒܟܝ	ܥܝܒܟܘܢ	ܥܝܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܝܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܝܒܗ	ܥܝܒܗ	ܥܝܒܗܘܢ	ܥܝܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܝܒܝܢ		1st person	ܥܝܒܝ		ܥܝܒܝܢ
	construct	ܥܝܒܝ		2nd person	ܥܝܒܝܟ	ܥܝܒܝܟܝ	ܥܝܒܝܟܘܢ	ܥܝܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܝܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܝܒܘܗܝ	ܥܝܒܝܗ	ܥܝܒܝܗܘܢ	ܥܝܒܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: عَيْبَة (ʕayba)

References

• “ˁyb”, 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
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 411a
• 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 1095a