ܪܒܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Developed from ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “master”) +‎ -ܝܼ (-ī, “my”), literally “my master”, from Proto-Semitic *rabb-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rab.biː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [raːbiː]

Noun

ܪܲܒܝܼ or ܪܵܒܝܼ • (rabī or rābī) m (plural ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܐ (rabīyē), feminine ܪܲܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rabīṯā))

1. professor, teacher: a university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.

   ܚܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ݂ ܟܝܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܨܵܘܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܸܟܵܓܘܿ.

   ḥarṯā pīš lēh rabī dmmallūṯ kyānāyāṯē gāw bēṯ ṣāwbē dšikkāgō.

   He then became a professor of physics at the University of Chicago.

2. rabbi, spiritual teacher: a Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law.

   ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܡܲܒܸܠ ܠܕܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ.

   awa ìlēh rabī dmabbil ldknuštā.

   He is the rabbi that leads at the synagogue.

Declension

Inflection of ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī)
number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	{{{sg.abs.}}} ()	1st person	ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī)		ܪܲܒܝܼܲܢ (rabīyan)
	construct	{{{sg.cstr.}}} ()	2nd person	ܪܲܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (rabīyūḵ)	ܪܲܒܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (rabīyāḵ)	ܪܲܒܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rabīyāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪܲܒܝܼ (rabī)	3rd person	ܪܲܒܝܼܹܗ (rabīyēh)	ܪܲܒܝܼܘܿܗ̇ (rabīyōh)	ܪܲܒܝܼܗܘܿܢ (rabīhōn)
plural	absolute	{{{pl.abs.}}} ()	1st person	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼ (rabī)		ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܲܢ (rabīyan)
	construct	{{{pl.cstr.}}} ()	2nd person	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܼܟ݂ (rabīyūḵ)	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܵܟ݂ܝ (rabīyāḵ)	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (rabīyāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܐ (rabīyē)	3rd person	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܹܗ (rabīyēh)	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܿܗ̇ (rabīyōh)	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܗܘܿܢ (rabīhōn)

References

• “ܪܒܝ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 June 10 (last accessed)
• “ܪܒܝ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 June 10 (last accessed)