ܐܒܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root ܐ ܒ ܕ related to perishing, or possibly from Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʾăḇaddôn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔavdɑnɑ], [ʔabdɑnɑ]

Noun

ܐܒܕܢܐ • (ˀaḇdānām(uncountable)

  1. ruin, destruction, annihilation
  2. perdition
  3. loss
  4. end

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܒܕܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܒܕܢ 1st person ܐܒܕܢܝ ܐܒܕܢܢ
construct ܐܒܕܢ 2nd person ܐܒܕܢܟ ܐܒܕܢܟܝ ܐܒܕܢܟܘܢ ܐܒܕܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܒܕܢܐ 3rd person ܐܒܕܢܗ ܐܒܕܢܗ ܐܒܕܢܗܘܢ ܐܒܕܢܗܝܢ

References

  • ˀbdn”, 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, page 2a
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 2b