ܠܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the earlier uncontracted form ܠܒܢܬܐ (ləḇentā); compare Akkadian 𒋞 (libittu [SIG4]), Arabic لَبِنَة (labina), Hebrew לְבֵנָה (ləḇēnâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l(ə.)ˈvɛt.tɑ]

Noun

ܠܒܬܐ • (ləḇettāf (plural ܠܒܢܐ)

  1. brick, adobe
  2. plate, ingot

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܒܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܠܒܢܐ 1st person ܠܒܬܝ ܠܒܬܢ
construct ܠܒܢܬ 2nd person ܠܒܬܟ ܠܒܬܟܝ ܠܒܬܟܘܢ ܠܒܬܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܠܒܬܗ ܠܒܬܗ ܠܒܬܗܘܢ ܠܒܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܠܒܢܝܢ 1st person ܠܒܢܝ ܠܒܢܝܢ
construct ܠܒܢܝ 2nd person ܠܒܢܝܟ ܠܒܢܝܟܝ ܠܒܢܝܟܘܢ ܠܒܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܠܒܢܐ 3rd person ܠܒܢܘܗܝ ܠܒܢܝܗ ܠܒܢܝܗܘܢ ܠܒܢܝܗܝܢ

References

  • lbnh”, 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 168a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235a
  • 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 672b