ܡܕܒܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܕ ܒ ܪ. Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒁀𒊒 (/madbaru/, “desert, wilderness, steppe, hinterlands; Arabia”) and Hebrew מִדְבָּר (miḏbār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maðb(ə)rɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [maðb(ə)re] (plural)
Noun
ܡܕܒܪܐ • (maḏbrā) m (plural ܡܕܒܪܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܕܒܪ | 1st person | ܡܕܒܪܝ | ܡܕܒܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܕܒܪ | 2nd person | ܡܕܒܪܟ | ܡܕܒܪܟܝ | ܡܕܒܪܟܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܕܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܕܒܪܗ | ܡܕܒܪܗ | ܡܕܒܪܗܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܕܒܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܕܒܪܝ | ܡܕܒܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܕܒܪܝ | 2nd person | ܡܕܒܪܝܟ | ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝ | ܡܕܒܪܝܟܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܕܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܕܒܪܘܗܝ | ܡܕܒܪܝܗ | ܡܕܒܪܝܗܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܡܕܒܪܝܐ
- ܡܕܒܪܢܝܐ
Etymology 2
From the root ܕ ܒ ܪ related to leading. Compare Hebrew מְדַבֵּר (məḏabbēr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [m(ə)ðavrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [m(ə)ðavre] (plural)
Noun
ܡܕܒܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܕܒܪܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܕܒܪ | 1st person | ܡܕܒܪܝ | ܡܕܒܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܕܒܪ | 2nd person | ܡܕܒܪܟ | ܡܕܒܪܟܝ | ܡܕܒܪܟܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܕܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܕܒܪܗ | ܡܕܒܪܗ | ܡܕܒܪܗܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܡܕܒܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܡܕܒܪܝ | ܡܕܒܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܡܕܒܪܝ | 2nd person | ܡܕܒܪܝܟ | ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝ | ܡܕܒܪܝܟܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܡܕܒܪܐ | 3rd person | ܡܕܒܪܘܗܝ | ܡܕܒܪܝܗ | ܡܕܒܪܝܗܘܢ | ܡܕܒܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “mdbr”, 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 58a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 251b
- 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 712a