ܫܒܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܠ related to leading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃabbɑltɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃabbɑlɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܫܒܠܐ)

1. director, conductor, leader (especially spiritual leader)

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܒܠܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܒܠܐ		1st person	ܫܒܠܬܝ		ܫܒܠܬܢ
	construct	ܫܒܠܬ		2nd person	ܫܒܠܬܟ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝ	ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܠܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܒܠܢ		1st person	ܫܒܠܬܢ		ܫܒܠܬܢ
	construct	ܫܒܠܬ		2nd person	ܫܒܠܬܟ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝ	ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܠܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic سُنْبُلَة (sunbula) and Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbōleṯ). See also English shibboleth.

Alternative forms

• ܫܒܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛbbaltɑ], [ʃɛbbɛltɑ], [ʃɛvl(ə)θɑ]

Noun

ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܠܐ)

1. blade, spike, ear (of grain)
2. (botany) spikenard, nard
3. flow, surge (of a river)
4. riverbed

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܒܠܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܒܠܐ		1st person	ܫܒܠܬܝ		ܫܒܠܬܢ
	construct	ܫܒܠܬ		2nd person	ܫܒܠܬܟ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ	ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܠܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗ	ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܒܠܝܢ		1st person	ܫܒܠܝ		ܫܒܠܝܢ
	construct	ܫܒܠܝ		2nd person	ܫܒܠܝܟ	ܫܒܠܝܟܝ	ܫܒܠܝܟܘܢ	ܫܒܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܠܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܠܘܗܝ	ܫܒܠܝܗ	ܫܒܠܝܗܘܢ	ܫܒܠܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (astrology) Virgo (zodiac sign)

References

• “šblh”, 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, pp. 556b-557a
• 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. 1504a