ܐܒܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܐ ܒ ܠ related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɛv.lɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɛv.le] (plural)

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlām (plural ܐܒܠܐ)

  1. grief, sadness, sorrow
  2. weeping, mourning, lamentation
  3. calamity
  4. asceticism, monkery
Inflection
Inflection of ܐܒܠܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܒܠ 1st person ܐܒܠܝ ܐܒܠܢ
construct ܐܒܠ 2nd person ܐܒܠܟ ܐܒܠܟܝ ܐܒܠܟܘܢ ܐܒܠܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܒܠܐ 3rd person ܐܒܠܗ ܐܒܠܗ ܐܒܠܗܘܢ ܐܒܠܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܒܠܝܢ 1st person ܐܒܠܝ ܐܒܠܝܢ
construct ܐܒܠܝ 2nd person ܐܒܠܝܟ ܐܒܠܝܟܝ ܐܒܠܝܟܘܢ ܐܒܠܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܒܠܐ 3rd person ܐܒܠܘܗܝ ܐܒܠܝܗ ܐܒܠܝܗܘܢ ܐܒܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɛb.(bə.)lɑ], [ʔɛbˈbɑ.lɑ], [ʔabˈbɑ.lɑ]

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)

  1. absolute singular of ܐܒܠܬܐ

References

  • ˀbl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 15 November 2008
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
  • Nestle, Eberhard (1902) “Zur syrischen Übersetzung der Kirchengeschichte des Eusebius”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 56, page 562
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2b
  • Rieger, Paul (1903) “ܐܒܝܠܐ „Der Mönch“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[2] (in German), volume 57, pages 747–749
  • 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 4b