ܣܘܪܗܒܐ

Verbal noun of ܡܣܲܪܗܸܒ݂ (msarhiḇ, “to be quick, fast”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [surˈhɑːwɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [surˈhɑːvɑː]

ܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (surhāḇā) m sg (plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܗܵܒ݂ܹܐ (surhāḇē))

1. (mathematics, physics) speed, velocity

   ܒܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕ-100 ܟܡ\ܫ ― b-surhāḇā d-100 km/h ― at a speed of 100 km/h

   ܣܵܟ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܒܨܪܝܼ ܡܵܘܬܵܐ.

   sāḵē d-surhāḇā kē mabṣrī māwtā.

   Speed limits reduce death.

• ܒܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ܵܐ (bsurhāḇā)
• ܣܘܼܪܗܵܒ݂ ܒܲܗܪܵܐ (surhāḇ bahrā)

• ܡܣܲܪܗܒ݂ܵܐ (msarhḇā)

From the root ܪ ܗ ܒ, related to hurrying.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [surˈhɑ.vɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [surˈhɑ.wɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [surˈho.wo]

ܣܘܪܗܒܐ • (sūrhāḇā) m (plural ܣܘܪܗܒܐ (sūrhāḇē))

1. haste, hurry
2. acceleration
3. trepidation, rashness
   • Peshitta, Acts 19:36:

     ܡܛܠ ܗܟܝܠ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܗܕܐ ܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܠܡܐܡܪ. ܘܠܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܬܗܘܘܢ ܫܠܝܢ ܘܠܐ ܬܥܒܕܘܢ ܡܕܡ ܒܣܘܪܗܒܐ.

     meṭṭōl hāḵêl də-lūqbal hāḏē [ʾă]nāš lā meškaḥ lə-mēmar, wālē ləḵōn də-ṯehwōn šəlên wə-lā ṯeʿbəḏūn meddem bə-sūrhāḇā.

     Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

4. commotion, agitation

• ܣܘܪܗܒܝܐ (sūrhāḇāyā)
• ܣܘܪܗܒܢܝܐ (sūrhāḇānāyā)

• “swrhb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 15 May 2015
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 340a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 370b
• 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 990b