ܥܨܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܨ-ܒ related to bandaging. Compare Arabic عَصَب (ʕaṣab) and Hebrew עָצָב (ʿāṣāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)sˤɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕ(ə)sˤɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܨܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܨܒܐ)

1. binding, ligature
2. bandage, plaster
3. healing, curing, recovery
4. drug, medicine, medicament, remedy, prescription

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܨܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܨܒ		1st person	ܥܨܒܝ		ܥܨܒܢ
	construct	ܥܨܒ		2nd person	ܥܨܒܟ	ܥܨܒܟܝ	ܥܨܒܟܘܢ	ܥܨܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܨܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܨܒܗ	ܥܨܒܗ	ܥܨܒܗܘܢ	ܥܨܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܨܒܝܢ		1st person	ܥܨܒܝ		ܥܨܒܝܢ
	construct	ܥܨܒܝ		2nd person	ܥܨܒܝܟ	ܥܨܒܝܟܝ	ܥܨܒܝܟܘܢ	ܥܨܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܨܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܨܒܘܗܝ	ܥܨܒܝܗ	ܥܨܒܝܗܘܢ	ܥܨܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˁṣb”, 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. 260b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 423a
• 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. 1125a