ܢܒܪܫܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Either from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*nibrāšti-⁠/) or from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/⁠nabliš⁠/, “like a flame, like a light or flash”); compare Hebrew נִבְרֶשֶׁת (niḇréšeṯ) and Arabic نِبْرَاس (nibrās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [navˈrɛʃ.tɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nav.r(ə.)ˈʃɑ.θɑ], [nav.rɛʃˈjɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܢܒܪܫܬܐ • (naḇreštā) f (plural ܢܒܪܫܝܬܐ or ܢܒܪܫܬܐ)

  1. candelabrum
  2. hearth, fireplace
  3. flame, blaze, bright fire
  4. (figuratively) fiery nature

Inflection

Inflection of ܢܒܪܫܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܢܒܪܫܐ 1st person ܢܒܪܫܬܝ ܢܒܪܫܬܢ
construct ܢܒܪܫܬ 2nd person ܢܒܪܫܬܟ ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝ ܢܒܪܫܬܟܘܢ ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܢܒܪܫܬܗ ܢܒܪܫܬܗ ܢܒܪܫܬܗܘܢ ܢܒܪܫܬܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܢܒܪܫܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܢ 1st person ܢܒܪܫܝܬܝ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܝ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܢ
construct ܢܒܪܫܝܬ ,ܢܒܪܫܬ 2nd person ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܝ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܘܢ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܟܝܢ
emphatic ܢܒܪܫܝܬܐ , 3rd person ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗܘܢ ܢܒܪܫܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܢܒܪܫܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

  • ܢܒܪܫ (naḇreš)
  • ܢܒܪܫܬܢܝܐ (naḇreštānāyā)
  • ܢܘܒܪܫܐ (nūḇrāšā)

References

  • “nbršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 11 April 2013
  • 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 326b
  • 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, pages 885b–886a
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