ܫܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 4 January 2015

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ ܪ ܒ related to dryness; compare Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb), Hebrew שָׁרָב (šārāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃarbɑ], [ʃarrɑvɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃarbe], [ʃarrɑve] (plural)

Noun

ܫܪܒܐ • (šarbā, šarrāḇā) m (plural ܫܪܒܐ)

1. hot wind, simoom

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܪܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܪܒ		1st person	ܫܪܒܝ		ܫܪܒܢ
	construct	ܫܪܒ		2nd person	ܫܪܒܟ	ܫܪܒܟܝ	ܫܪܒܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ		3rd person	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܪܒܝܢ		1st person	ܫܪܒܝ		ܫܪܒܝܢ
	construct	ܫܪܒܝ		2nd person	ܫܪܒܝܟ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝ	ܫܪܒܝܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ		3rd person	ܫܪܒܘܗܝ	ܫܪܒܝܗ	ܫܪܒܝܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ ܪ ܒ related to dryness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)rɑvɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)rɑve] (plural)

Noun

ܫܪܒܐ • (šərāḇā) m (plural ܫܪܒܐ)

1. drought

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܪܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܪܒ		1st person	ܫܪܒܝ		ܫܪܒܢ
	construct	ܫܪܒ		2nd person	ܫܪܒܟ	ܫܪܒܟܝ	ܫܪܒܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ		3rd person	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܪܒܝܢ		1st person	ܫܪܒܝ		ܫܪܒܝܢ
	construct	ܫܪܒܝ		2nd person	ܫܪܒܝܟ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝ	ܫܪܒܝܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ		3rd person	ܫܪܒܘܗܝ	ܫܪܒܝܗ	ܫܪܒܝܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 3

From the root ܫ ܪ ܒ related to propagating.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃarbɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃarbe] (plural)

Noun

ܫܪܒܐ • (šarbā) m (plural ܫܪܒܐ)

1. generation, genealogy
2. narrative, story, history
3. fact, event, deed
4. (law) cause, action, suit
5. state, health, news
6. argument, supposition, hypothesis
7. discourse, tractate, treatise, essay
8. subject, thing, matter, affair
9. question

Inflection

Inflection of ܫܪܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܫܪܒ		1st person	ܫܪܒܝ		ܫܪܒܢ
	construct	ܫܪܒ		2nd person	ܫܪܒܟ	ܫܪܒܟܝ	ܫܪܒܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ		3rd person	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܗ	ܫܪܒܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܫܪܒܝܢ		1st person	ܫܪܒܝ		ܫܪܒܝܢ
	construct	ܫܪܒܝ		2nd person	ܫܪܒܝܟ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝ	ܫܪܒܝܟܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܫܪܒܐ		3rd person	ܫܪܒܘܗܝ	ܫܪܒܝܗ	ܫܪܒܝܗܘܢ	ܫܪܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “šrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-23
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 383a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 597a
• 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, page 1600b