ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ)
8 terms

From ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, four, fourth) +‎ ܒ- (b-, in) +‎ ܫܲܒܵܐ (šabbā, week); compare Arabic الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʔarbiʕāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yom revi’í).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔarb.ˈʕɑːwʃab.bɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔar.ˈboːʃeːba]
  • (Tyari) IPA(key): [ʔarb.ʕɑwːʃɑːbɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔar.pˤoːʃi.bɑː]

Noun

ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ or ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ • (arbˁāḇšabbā or arbˁāḇšēbām (plural ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܹ̈ܐ (arbˁāḇšabbē))

  1. Wednesday

Coordinate terms

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܐܪܒܥܐ ܒܫܒܐ
  • ܐܪܒܥ ܒܫܒܐ

Etymology

From ܐܪܒܥܐ (ʾarb(ə)ʿā, four, fourth) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, in) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā, Saturday, week). Compare Arabic الأرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yôm rəḇîʿî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbe] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration neededf (plural ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ)

  1. Wednesday

Synonyms

  • ܝܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܐ

References

  • ˀrbˁ**bšbˀ”, 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 335b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
  • 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, pages 94a–b