ܥܣܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic عُشْب (ʕušb) and Hebrew עֵשֶׂב (ʿḗśeḇ). Possibly related to ܐܙܒܐ (“pubic hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɛsbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕɛs(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܣܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܣܒܐ)

1. (botany) grass, green herb

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܣܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܣܒ		1st person	ܥܣܒܝ		ܥܣܒܢ
	construct	ܥܣܒ		2nd person	ܥܣܒܟ	ܥܣܒܟܝ	ܥܣܒܟܘܢ	ܥܣܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܣܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܣܒܗ	ܥܣܒܗ	ܥܣܒܗܘܢ	ܥܣܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܣܒܝܢ		1st person	ܥܣܒܝ		ܥܣܒܝܢ
	construct	ܥܣܒܝ		2nd person	ܥܣܒܝܟ	ܥܣܒܝܟܝ	ܥܣܒܝܟܘܢ	ܥܣܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܣܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܣܒܘܗܝ	ܥܣܒܝܗ	ܥܣܒܝܗܘܢ	ܥܣܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁsb”, 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. 258b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 420b
• 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. 1118b