ܝܒܡܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Feminine form of ܝܒܡܐ (yaḇmā, “brother-in-law”), from Hebrew יָבָם (yāḇām). Compare Hebrew יְבָמָה (yəḇāmâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jəbamtɑʔ/, [ʔivamtɑ], [javm(ə)θɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [javmɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܝܒܡܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܝܒܡܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܝܒܡܐ)
- sister-in-law (specifically brother's wife)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܝܒܡܐ | 1st person | ܝܒܡܬܝ | ܝܒܡܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܒܡܬ | 2nd person | ܝܒܡܬܟ | ܝܒܡܬܟܝ | ܝܒܡܬܟܘܢ | ܝܒܡܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܒܡܬܐ | 3rd person | ܝܒܡܬܗ | ܝܒܡܬܗ | ܝܒܡܬܗܘܢ | ܝܒܡܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܝܒܡܢ | 1st person | ܝܒܡܬܢ | ܝܒܡܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܝܒܡܬ | 2nd person | ܝܒܡܬܟ | ܝܒܡܬܟܝ | ܝܒܡܬܟܘܢ | ܝܒܡܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܝܒܡܬܐ | 3rd person | ܝܒܡܬܗ | ܝܒܡܬܗ | ܝܒܡܬܗܘܢ | ܝܒܡܬܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “ybmh”, 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 136a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 185b
- 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 561a