ܡܒܘܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܢ ܒ ܥ (n b ˁ) |
| 1 term |
Noun of place derived from ܢܵܒ݂ܹܥ (nāḇēˁ, “to flow, to derived from”); compare Arabic يَنْبُوع (yanbūʕ) and Hebrew מַבּוּעַ (mabúa').
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [mabbuːʕɑː]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [nabuːʔa]
Noun
ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ • (mabūˁā) m sg (plural ܡܲܒܘܼܥܹ̈ܐ (mabūˁē))
- spring, fount, fountain (a deep one) see usage notes
- Near-synonym: ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ˁaynā)
- source, origin, root
- (chiefly in the plural) resources, assets
Usage notes
- (spring, fount, fountain): This word is used for deep springs, not surface-level ones, which are referred to as ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ˁaynā).
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܲܒܘܼܥ (mabūˁ) | 1st person | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܝܼ (mabūˁī) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܲܢ (mabūˁan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܒܘܼܥ (mabūˁ) | 2nd person | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܘܼܟ݂ (mabūˁōḵ) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ (mabūˁāḵ) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mabūˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ (mabūˁā) | 3rd person | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܹܗ (mabūˁēh) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܗ̇ (mabūˁāh) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܗܘܿܢ (mabuˁhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܝܼ̈ܢ (mabūˁīn) | 1st person | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܝܼ̈ (mabūˁī) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܲܢ̈ (mabūˁan) | |||
| construct | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܲܝ̈ (mabūˁay) | 2nd person | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mabūˁōḵ) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mabūˁāḵ) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mabūˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܹ̈ܐ (mabūˁē) | 3rd person | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mabūˁūh) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (mabūˁōh) | ܡܲܒܘܼܥܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (mabūˁayhōn) | |||
Proper noun
ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ • (mabūˁā) f
- Mabuwa (a historically Assyrian village in Turkey, located in the district of Tyari, in the region of Hakkari)
Derived terms
- ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܝܵܐ (mabūˁāyā)
- ܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܝܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (mabūˁāyā qammāyā)
- ܪܸܡܙܵܐ ܕܡܲܒܘܼܥܵܐ (rimzā dmabūˁā)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܢ ܒ ܥ related to flowing. Compare Arabic يَنْبُوع (yanbūʕ) and Hebrew מַבּוּעַ (mabbûaʿ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mabbuʕɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [mabbuʕe] (plural)
Noun
ܡܒܘܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܒܘܥܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܒܘܥ | 1st person | ܡܒܘܥܝ | ܡܒܘܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܒܘܥ | 2nd person | ܡܒܘܥܟ | ܡܒܘܥܟܝ | ܡܒܘܥܟܘܢ | ܡܒܘܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܒܘܥܐ | 3rd person | ܡܒܘܥܗ | ܡܒܘܥܗ | ܡܒܘܥܗܘܢ | ܡܒܘܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܒܘܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܒܘܥܝ | ܡܒܘܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܒܘܥܝ | 2nd person | ܡܒܘܥܝܟ | ܡܒܘܥܝܟܝ | ܡܒܘܥܝܟܘܢ | ܡܒܘܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܒܘܥܐ | 3rd person | ܡܒܘܥܘܗܝ | ܡܒܘܥܝܗ | ܡܒܘܥܝܗܘܢ | ܡܒܘܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
Synonyms
References
- “mbwˁ”, 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 196a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 248b
- 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 704b