ܫܒܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering. Compare Arabic سِبْط (sibṭ), Hebrew שֵׁבֶט (šḗḇeṭ) and Armenian ճիպոտ (čipot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃavtˤɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃavtˤe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܫܒܛܐ • (šaḇṭā) m (plural ܫܒܛܐ)

1. rod, staff, sceptre
2. spear, lance
3. stick, branch
4. stroke, strike, blow, hit, whipping
5. punishment
6. rod (unit of measure); measuring rod, standard
7. (in the plural) fasces
8. stripe, streak, flash
9. (astronomy) meteor
10. (figuratively) scourge, plague
11. tribe, clan, race (especially Jews)
12. arum

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܒܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܒܛ		1st person	ܫܒܛܝ		ܫܒܛܢ
	construct	ܫܒܛ		2nd person	ܫܒܛܟ	ܫܒܛܟܝ	ܫܒܛܟܘܢ	ܫܒܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܛܗ	ܫܒܛܗ	ܫܒܛܗܘܢ	ܫܒܛܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܒܛܝܢ		1st person	ܫܒܛܝ		ܫܒܛܝܢ
	construct	ܫܒܛܝ		2nd person	ܫܒܛܝܟ	ܫܒܛܝܟܝ	ܫܒܛܝܟܘܢ	ܫܒܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܛܘܗܝ	ܫܒܛܝܗ	ܫܒܛܝܗܘܢ	ܫܒܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑtˤɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. straight hair
2. smooth cloth
3. salt pork

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܒܛܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܒܛ		1st person	ܫܒܛܝ		ܫܒܛܢ
	construct	ܫܒܛ		2nd person	ܫܒܛܟ	ܫܒܛܟܝ	ܫܒܛܟܘܢ	ܫܒܛܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܛܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܛܗ	ܫܒܛܗ	ܫܒܛܗܘܢ	ܫܒܛܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܥܩܣܩܣܐ

References

• “šbṭ”, 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. 357a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 556a
• 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. 1501b