ܣܝܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܣܝܒܐ

Etymology

From the root ܣ ܐ ܒ related to growing old. Compare Arabic شَيْبَة (šayba) and Hebrew שֵׂיבָה (śêḇâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sajbɑθɑ]

Noun

ܣܝܒܬܐ • (transliteration neededf (plural only; not used in singular form)

  1. (anatomy) white hairs

Inflection

Inflection of ܣܝܒܬܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute 1st person
construct 2nd person
emphatic 3rd person
plural absolute ܣܝܒܢ 1st person ܣܝܒܬܝ ܣܝܒܬܢ
construct ܣܝܒܬ 2nd person ܣܝܒܬܟ ܣܝܒܬܟܝ ܣܝܒܬܟܘܢ ܣܝܒܬܟܝܢ
emphatic 3rd person ܣܝܒܬܗ ܣܝܒܬܗ ܣܝܒܬܗܘܢ ܣܝܒܬܗܝܢ

References

  • sybh”, 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 227b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 374a
  • 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 999a