ܫܒܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒊭𒁀𒁉𒅎 (/⁠ša bābi⁠/, “doorkeeper?; person belonging to a sector of a city, of a particular area around a section of wall, nearest such a gate or entrance”, literally “of the gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvɑθɑ] (plural)

Adjective

ܫܒܒܬܐ • (šəḇāḇtā, šəḇāḇāṯā)

1. feminine emphatic singular of ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā)
2. feminine emphatic plural of ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā)

Noun

ܫܒܒܬܐ • (šəḇāḇtā) f (plural ܫܒܒܬܐ (šəḇāḇāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā))

1. neighbor/neighbour

Inflection

    declension of ܫܒܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܒܐ	ܫܒܒܢ
construct	ܫܒܒܬ	ܫܒܒܬ
emphatic	ܫܒܒܬܐ	ܫܒܒܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܒܬܝ	ܫܒܒܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܒܬܟ	ܫܒܒܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܒܬܟܝ	ܫܒܒܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܒܬܗ	ܫܒܒܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܒܬܗ	ܫܒܒܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܒܬܢ	ܫܒܒܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܒܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܒܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܒܬܟܝܢ	ܫܒܒܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܒܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܒܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܒܬܗܝܢ	ܫܒܒܬܗܝܢ

References

• “šbbh”, 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, page 356a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 555a
• 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, page 1499b