ܪܒܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܐ (r-b-ʾ) related to increasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)vɑjɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. (finance) interest

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܒܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܒܝ		1st person	ܪܒܝܝ		ܪܒܝܢ
	construct	ܪܒܝ		2nd person	ܪܒܝܟ	ܪܒܝܟܝ	ܪܒܝܟܘܢ	ܪܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܒܝܐ		3rd person	ܪܒܝܗ	ܪܒܝܗ	ܪܒܝܗܘܢ	ܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܐ (r-b-ʾ) related to increasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rabbɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rabbɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܒܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܒܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܪܒܝܬܐ)

1. usurer

Inflection

Inflection of ܪܒܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܪܒܝ		1st person	ܪܒܝܝ		ܪܒܝܢ
	construct	ܪܒܝ		2nd person	ܪܒܝܟ	ܪܒܝܟܝ	ܪܒܝܟܘܢ	ܪܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܒܝܐ		3rd person	ܪܒܝܗ	ܪܒܝܗ	ܪܒܝܗܘܢ	ܪܒܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܪܒܝܝܢ		1st person	ܪܒܝܝ		ܪܒܝܝܢ
	construct	ܪܒܝܝ		2nd person	ܪܒܝܝܟ	ܪܒܝܝܟܝ	ܪܒܝܝܟܘܢ	ܪܒܝܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܪܒܝܐ		3rd person	ܪܒܝܘܗܝ	ܪܒܝܝܗ	ܪܒܝܝܗܘܢ	ܪܒܝܝܗܝܢ

References

• “rby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526a
• 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. 1428a