ܫܒܪܘܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From ܫܒܪܐ (šaḇrāʾ, child), from the root ܫ-ܒ-ܪ (š-b-r) related to being childish + the abstract noun ending -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃavruθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃavr(ə)wɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܫܒܪܘܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܫܒܪܘܬܐ)

  1. childhood, infancy, youth
  2. childishness, silliness, folly
  3. simplicity, inexperience
  4. innocence

Inflection

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References

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  • šbrw”, 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. 358b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 557b
  • 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. 1506a