ܕܒܫܐ

Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal₃ /⁠dišpu⁠/, “syrup”), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”) and Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (d'vásh, “honey”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [dɪwʃaː]

ܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ • (diḇšā) m

1. (uncountable) honey

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [dabbaːʃeː]

ܕܲܒܵܫܹ̈ܐ • (dabbāšē) f pl

1. plural of ܕܲܒܵܫܬܵܐ (dabbāštā, “bee”)

Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal₃ /⁠dišpu⁠/, “syrup”), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”), Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dəḇaš, “honey”).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛv.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪw.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛw.ʃo]

ܕܒܫܐ • (deḇšā) m (plural ܕܒܫܐ)

1. honey
   • Peshitta, Luke 24:42:

     ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܝܗܒܘ ܠܗ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܢܘܢܐ ܕܛܘܝܐ. ܘܡܢ ܟܟܪܝܬܐ ܕܕܒܫܐ.

     hennōn dên ya[h]ḇ[w] lēh mənāṯā men nūnā ḏə-ṭāwyā, wə-men kakkārīṯā ḏə-ḏeḇšā.

     And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

2. wax

• (wax): ܫܥܘܬܐ (šəʿōṯā, šāʿōṯā)

• ܕܒܫ (dabbeš)
• ܕܒܫܬܐ (dabbāštā)

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšā)

1. absolute singular of ܕܒܫܬܐ

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšē)

1. emphatic plural of ܕܒܫܬܐ

• “dbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 3 November 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 58b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83a
• 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 273a