ܬܘܬܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܒ (w-t-b) related to sitting. Compare Hebrew תּוֹשָׁב (tôšāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tawtɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tawtɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܘܬܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܘܬܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܘܬܒܬܐ)

1. foreigner, stranger

   Synonym: ܢܘܟܪܝܐ

2. sojourner, lodger, settler

Inflection

Inflection of ܬܘܬܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܘܬܒ		1st person	ܬܘܬܒܝ		ܬܘܬܒܢ
	construct	ܬܘܬܒ		2nd person	ܬܘܬܒܟ	ܬܘܬܒܟܝ	ܬܘܬܒܟܘܢ	ܬܘܬܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܬܒܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܬܒܗ	ܬܘܬܒܗ	ܬܘܬܒܗܘܢ	ܬܘܬܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܬܘܬܒܝܢ		1st person	ܬܘܬܒܝ		ܬܘܬܒܝܢ
	construct	ܬܘܬܒܝ		2nd person	ܬܘܬܒܝܟ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟܝ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟܘܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܘܬܒܐ		3rd person	ܬܘܬܒܘܗܝ	ܬܘܬܒܝܗ	ܬܘܬܒܝܗܘܢ	ܬܘܬܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “twtb”, 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. 146b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 609a
• 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. 1635b