ܫܒܝܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܠ (š-b-l) related to leading. Compare Arabic سَبِيل (sabīl) and Hebrew שְׁבִיל (šəḇîl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vilɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܝܠܐ • (šəbīlā) m (plural ܫܒܝܠܐ)

1. road, track, path, way

   Synonym: ܐܘܪܚܐ

2. trace

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܒܝܠܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܒܝܠ		1st person	ܫܒܝܠܝ		ܫܒܝܠܢ
	construct	ܫܒܝܠ		2nd person	ܫܒܝܠܟ	ܫܒܝܠܟܝ	ܫܒܝܠܟܘܢ	ܫܒܝܠܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܝܠܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܝܠܗ	ܫܒܝܠܗ	ܫܒܝܠܗܘܢ	ܫܒܝܠܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܒܝܠܝܢ		1st person	ܫܒܝܠܝ		ܫܒܝܠܝܢ
	construct	ܫܒܝܠܝ		2nd person	ܫܒܝܠܝܟ	ܫܒܝܠܝܟܝ	ܫܒܝܠܝܟܘܢ	ܫܒܝܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܝܠܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܝܠܘܗܝ	ܫܒܝܠܝܗ	ܫܒܝܠܝܗܘܢ	ܫܒܝܠܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܫܒܝܠ ܓܢܒܪܐ
• ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: շաւիղ (šawił)

References

• “šbyl”, 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. 357b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 556b
• 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. 1503a