ܟܘܟܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic כַּוְכְּבָא (kawkəḇā), from Proto-Semitic *kabkab-; compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܟܒܐ (kawkəḇā), Turoyo ܟܘܟܘܐ (kukwo), Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab), Hebrew כּוֹכָב (kokháv) and Akkadian 𒀯 (kakkabum).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [kawx(ə)vaː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [kawɪxwa]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪx.vaː]
Noun
ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ • (kawḵḇā) m sg (plural ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kawḵḇē))
- (astronomy) celestial body (especially star)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܘܿܟ݂ܲܒ݂ (kōḵaḇ) | 1st person | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ (kawḵḇī) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܢ (kawḵḇan) | |||
| construct | ܟܘܿܟ݂ܲܒ݂ (kōḵaḇ) | 2nd person | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (kawḵḇōḵ) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (kawḵḇāḵ) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kawḵḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ (kawḵḇā) | 3rd person | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹܗ (kawḵḇēh) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (kawḵḇāh) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܲܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (kawḵaḇhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ̈ܢ (kawḵḇīn) | 1st person | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܝܼ̈ (kawḵḇī) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܢ̈ (kawḵḇan) | |||
| construct | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܝ̈ (kawḵḇay) | 2nd person | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (kawḵḇōḵ) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (kawḵḇāḵ) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (kawḵḇawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (kawḵḇē) | 3rd person | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (kawḵḇūh) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (kawḵḇōh) | ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (kawḵḇayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܟܲܘܟܸܒ݂ (kawkiḇ, “to observe the stars”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, “asterisk”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ (kāwḵḇā d-yāmā, “starfish”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ (kāwḵḇā dquṭbā, “North Star”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܛܵܥܝܵܐ (kāwḵḇā ṭāˁyā, “planet”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܨܘܿܨܝܵܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇā ṣōṣyānā, “comet”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (kāwḵḇā qḇīˁā, “fixed star”)
- ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (kāwḵḇānāyā, “starlike, stellar”)
- ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mmallūt kāwḵḇē, “astronomy, astrology”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-. The sense of "collyrium" is a calque of Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kawk(ə)vɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [kawk(ə)ve] (plural)
Noun
ܟܘܟܒܐ • (kawkəḇā) m (plural ܟܘܟܒܐ)
- (astronomy) celestial body (especially star)
- kind of collyrium
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܘܟܒ | 1st person | ܟܘܟܒܝ | ܟܘܟܒܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܘܟܒ | 2nd person | ܟܘܟܒܟ | ܟܘܟܒܟܝ | ܟܘܟܒܟܘܢ | ܟܘܟܒܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܟܒܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܟܒܗ | ܟܘܟܒܗ | ܟܘܟܒܗܘܢ | ܟܘܟܒܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܘܟܒܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܘܟܒܝ | ܟܘܟܒܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܘܟܒܝ | 2nd person | ܟܘܟܒܝܟ | ܟܘܟܒܝܟܝ | ܟܘܟܒܝܟܘܢ | ܟܘܟܒܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܘܟܒܐ | 3rd person | ܟܘܟܒܘܗܝ | ܟܘܟܒܝܗ | ܟܘܟܒܝܗܘܢ | ܟܘܟܒܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܘܟܒܐ ܗܘܢܝܐ
- ܟܘܟܒܐ ܛܥܝܐ
- ܟܘܟܒܐ ܛܪܝܕ ܪܗܛܐ
- ܟܘܟܒܐ ܥܢܢܝܐ
- ܟܘܟܒܐ ܨܘܨܝܢܐ
- ܟܘܟܒܘܢܐ
- ܟܘܟܒܝܠ
- ܟܘܟܒܬܐ
- ܡܡܠܠ ܒܟܘܟܒܐ
- ܡܢܐ ܟܘܟܒܐ
References
- “kwkb”, 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 152b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208a
- 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 606a