ܪܒܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܒ ܒ (r b b)
7 terms

Developed from ܪܲܒܵܐ (rabbā, “master”) +‎ -ܝܼ (-ī, “my”), literally “my master”. The original meaning of “My master” is not felt and hence this word is used as its own noun; compare also in ܪܲܒܲܢ (rabban, “monk”, literally “our master”).

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 (university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair)

   ܚܲܪܬ݂ܵܐ ܦܝܼܫ ܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܝܘܼܠܦܵܢ ܟ̈ܝܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܨܲܘܒܹ̈ܐ ܕܫܸܟܵܓܘܿ.

   ḥarṯā pīš lēh rabī d-yulpān kyānāyāṯā gāw bēṯ ṣawbē d-šikkāgō.

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

2. rabbi, spiritual teacher (Jewish scholar or teacher)

   ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܪܲܒܝܼ ܕܟܹܐ ܡܲܒܸܠ ܓܵܘ ܟܢܘܼܫܬܵܐ.

   awa ìlēh rabī d-kē mabbil gāw knuštā.

   He is the rabbi that leads at the synagogue.

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܲܒܝܼ

	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)	ܪܲܒܝܼܵܗ̇ (rabīyāh)	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	ܪ̈ܲܒܝܼܘܼܗܝ (rabīyūh)	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)