ܪܘܒܥܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
| ← 3 | ܕ. 4 |
5 → |
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| Cardinal: ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā) Ordinal: ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rḇīˁāyā) Multiplier: ܡܪܘܼܒܥܵܐ (mrubˁā) Fractional: ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ruḇˁā) | ||
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ) |
| 8 terms |
Derived from ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, “four”); compare Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ) and Hebrew רֶבַע (réva).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ruw.ʕɑː], [ruv.ʕɑː]
Noun
ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ • (ruḇˁā) m sg (plural ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܹܐ (ruḇˁē))
- (fractional number) fourth, quarter (¼)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܲܥ (rūḇaˁ) | 1st person | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܝܼ (ruḇˁī) | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܲܢ (ruḇˁan) | |||
| construct | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܲܥ (rūḇaˁ) | 2nd person | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܘܼܟ݂ (ruḇˁōḵ) | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܟ݂ܝ (ruḇˁāḵ) | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ruḇˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ruḇˁā) | 3rd person | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܹܗ (ruḇˁēh) | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܗ̇ (ruḇˁāh) | ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܗܘܿܢ (ruḇˁhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܝܼܢ (ruḇˁīn) | 1st person | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܝܼ (ruḇˁī) | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܲܢ (ruḇˁan) | |||
| construct | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܲܝ (ruḇˁay) | 2nd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܘܼܟ݂ (ruḇˁōḵ) | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܟ݂ܝ (ruḇˁāḵ) | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ruḇˁawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܹܐ (ruḇˁē) | 3rd person | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܘܼܗܝ (ruḇˁūh) | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܘܼܗ̇ (ruḇˁōh) | ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܲܝܗܘܿܢ (ruḇˁayhōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
- ܦܲܠܓܵܐ (palgā, “a half”), ܬܘܼܠܬ݂ܵܐ (tulṯā, “a third, a quarter”), ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ (ḥumšā, “a fifth”), ܫܘܼܬܬ݂ܵܐ (šutṯā, “a sixth”), ܫܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (šuḇˁā, “a seventh”), ܬܘܼܡܢܵܐ (tumnā, “an eighth”), ܬܘܼܫܥܵܐ (tušˁā, “a ninth”), ܥܘܼܣܪܵܐ (ˁusrā, “a tenth”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Derived from ܐܪܒܥܐ (ʾarbəʿā, “four”). Compare Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ) and Hebrew רֶבַע (réḇaʿ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ruvʕɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ruvʕe] (plural)
Noun
ܪܘܒܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܘܒܥܐ)
- (fractional number) fourth, quarter (¼)
- (military) group of four soldiers; squad
- log (unit of measure)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܪܘܒܥ | 1st person | ܪܘܒܥܝ | ܪܘܒܥܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܘܒܥ | 2nd person | ܪܘܒܥܟ | ܪܘܒܥܟܝ | ܪܘܒܥܟܘܢ | ܪܘܒܥܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܘܒܥܐ | 3rd person | ܪܘܒܥܗ | ܪܘܒܥܗ | ܪܘܒܥܗܘܢ | ܪܘܒܥܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܪܘܒܥܝܢ | 1st person | ܪܘܒܥܝ | ܪܘܒܥܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܪܘܒܥܝ | 2nd person | ܪܘܒܥܝܟ | ܪܘܒܥܝܟܝ | ܪܘܒܥܝܟܘܢ | ܪܘܒܥܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܪܘܒܥܐ | 3rd person | ܪܘܒܥܘܗܝ | ܪܘܒܥܝܗ | ܪܘܒܥܝܗܘܢ | ܪܘܒܥܝܗܝܢ | ||
See also
References
- “rwbˁ”, 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 336a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 533a
- 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 1443b