ܫܒܠܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܫ ܒ ܠ related to leading.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃabbɑltɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ʃabbɑlɑθɑ] (plural)
Noun
ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܫܒܠܐ)
- director, conductor, leader (especially spiritual leader)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܒܠܐ | 1st person | ܫܒܠܬܝ | ܫܒܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܒܠܬ | 2nd person | ܫܒܠܬܟ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝ | ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܒܠܬܐ | 3rd person | ܫܒܠܬܗ | ܫܒܠܬܗ | ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ | ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܒܠܢ | 1st person | ܫܒܠܬܢ | ܫܒܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܒܠܬ | 2nd person | ܫܒܠܬܟ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝ | ܫܒܠܬܟܘܢ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܒܠܬܐ | 3rd person | ܫܒܠܬܗ | ܫܒܠܬܗ | ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ | ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
Compare Arabic سُنْبُلَة (sunbula) and Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת (šibbōleṯ). See also English shibboleth.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃɛbbaltɑ], [ʃɛbbɛltɑ], [ʃɛvl(ə)θɑ]
Noun
ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܒܠܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܫܒܠܐ | 1st person | ܫܒܠܬܝ | ܫܒܠܬܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܒܠܬ | 2nd person | ܫܒܠܬܟ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ | ܫܒܠܬܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܒܠܬܐ | 3rd person | ܫܒܠܬܗ | ܫܒܠܬܗ | ܫܒܠܬܗܘܢ | ܫܒܠܬܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܫܒܠܝܢ | 1st person | ܫܒܠܝ | ܫܒܠܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܫܒܠܝ | 2nd person | ܫܒܠܝܟ | ܫܒܠܝܟܝ | ܫܒܠܝܟܘܢ | ܫܒܠܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܫܒܠܐ | 3rd person | ܫܒܠܘܗܝ | ܫܒܠܝܗ | ܫܒܠܝܗܘܢ | ܫܒܠܝܗܝܢ | ||
Proper noun
ܫܒܠܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f
References
- “šblh”, 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 357b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 556b–557a
- 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 1504a