ܒܒܓܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Of similar origin as Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Also see ܦܦܐ (pāpəpā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [babbaɡɡɑ], [bab(bə)ɡɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [babbaɡɡe], [bab(bə)ɡe] (plural)
Noun
ܒܒܓܐ • (babbaggā) m (plural ܒܒܓܐ (babbaggē))
- parrot
- Synonym: ܦܣܛܝܘܟܘܣ
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܒܓ | 1st person | ܒܒܓܝ | ܒܒܓܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܒܓ | 2nd person | ܒܒܓܟ | ܒܒܓܟܝ | ܒܒܓܟܘܢ | ܒܒܓܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܒܒܓܐ | 3rd person | ܒܒܓܗ | ܒܒܓܗ | ܒܒܓܗܘܢ | ܒܒܓܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܒܒܓܝܢ | 1st person | ܒܒܓܝ | ܒܒܓܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܒܒܓܝ | 2nd person | ܒܒܓܝܟ | ܒܒܓܝܟܝ | ܒܒܓܝܟܘܢ | ܒܒܓܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܒܒܓܐ | 3rd person | ܒܒܓܘܗܝ | ܒܒܓܝܗ | ܒܒܓܝܗܘܢ | ܒܒܓܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “bbgˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 57b
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 24a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34a
- 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 115b