ܕܪܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| Root |
|---|
| ܕ ܪ ܒ (d r b) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Arabic دَرْب (darb), borrowed from Ancient Greek Δέρβη (Dérbē, “Derbe”), a border town in Lycaonia at the Cilician Gates.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [dɪr.bɑː]
Noun
ܕܸܪܒܵܐ • (dirbā) m sg (plural ܕܸܪ̈ܒܹܐ (dirbē))
- (literary) narrow track, trail
- (modern) driveway, service road, access road
- ܚܸܙܝܵܗ̇ ܠܝܼ ܪܲܕܵܝܬܹܗ ܡܘܼܟܠܲܝܬܵܐ ܒܕܸܪܒܵܐ ܠܒܲܪ ܡܸܢ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ.
- ḥizyāh lī raddāytēh muklaytā b-dirbā lbar min baytā.
- I saw his car parked in the driveway outside the house.
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܪܸܒ݂ (driḇ) | 1st person | ܕܸܪܒܝܼ (dirbī) | ܕܸܪܒܲܢ (dirban) | |||
| construct | ܕܪܸܒ݂ (driḇ) | 2nd person | ܕܸܪܒܘܼܟ݂ (dirbōḵ) | ܕܸܪܒܵܟ݂ܝ (dirbāḵ) | ܕܸܪܒܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dirbawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܸܪܒܵܐ (dirbā) | 3rd person | ܕܸܪܒܹܗ (dirbēh) | ܕܸܪܒܵܗ̇ (dirbāh) | ܕܸܪܒܗܘܿܢ (dirbhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܝܼܢ (dirbīn) | 1st person | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܝܼ (dirbī) | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܲܢ (dirban) | |||
| construct | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܲܝ (dirbay) | 2nd person | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܘܼܟ݂ (dirbōḵ) | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܵܟ݂ܝ (dirbāḵ) | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (dirbawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܹܐ (dirbē) | 3rd person | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܘܼܗܝ (dirbūh) | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܘܼܗ̇ (dirbōh) | ܕܸܪ̈ܒܲܝܗܘܿܢ (dirbayhōn) | |||
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [darbɑ], [dɛrbɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [darbe], [dɛrbe] (plural)
Noun
ܕܪܒܐ • (darbā, derbā) m (plural ܕܪܒܐ (darbē, derbē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܕܪܒ | 1st person | ܕܪܒܝ | ܕܪܒܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܪܒ | 2nd person | ܕܪܒܟ | ܕܪܒܟܝ | ܕܪܒܟܘܢ | ܕܪܒܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܪܒܐ | 3rd person | ܕܪܒܗ | ܕܪܒܗ | ܕܪܒܗܘܢ | ܕܪܒܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܕܪܒܝܢ | 1st person | ܕܪܒܝ | ܕܪܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܕܪܒܝ | 2nd person | ܕܪܒܝܟ | ܕܪܒܝܟܝ | ܕܪܒܝܟܘܢ | ܕܪܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܕܪܒܐ | 3rd person | ܕܪܒܘܗܝ | ܕܪܒܝܗ | ܕܪܒܝܗܘܢ | ܕܪܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “drb”, 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 70a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97a
- 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 319b