ܫܒܪܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܫܒܪܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܪܘܬܐ)

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܒܪܘܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܒܪܘ		1st person	ܫܒܪܘܬܝ		ܫܒܪܘܬܢ
	construct	ܫܒܪܘܬ		2nd person	ܫܒܪܘܬܟ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܪܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܒܪܘܢ		1st person	ܫܒܪܘܬܝ		ܫܒܪܘܬܢ
	construct	ܫܒܪܘܬ		2nd person	ܫܒܪܘܬܟ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܘܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܒܪܘܬܐ		3rd person	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܘܢ	ܫܒܪܘܬܗܝܢ

References

• “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