ܐܒܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (GI.GID2, GI.BU /embūbu, enbūbu, ebbūbu/, “flute”); compare Arabic أُنْبُوب‎ (ʾunbūb), Hebrew אַבּוּב‎ (ʾabbûḇ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔabˈbu.vɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔabˈbu.ve] (plural)

Noun

ܐܒܘܒܐ • (ʾabbūḇā) m (plural ܐܒܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܒܘܒܬܐ‎)

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube
  3. channel, canal

Inflection
    declension of ܐܒܘܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܐܒܘܒ ܐܒܘܒܝܢ
construct ܐܒܘܒ ܐܒܘܒܝ
emphatic ܐܒܘܒܐ ܐܒܘܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܐܒܘܒܝ ܐܒܘܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܐܒܘܒܟ ܐܒܘܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܐܒܘܒܟܝ ܐܒܘܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܐܒܘܒܗ ܐܒܘܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܐܒܘܒܗ ܐܒܘܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܐܒܘܒܢ ܐܒܘܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܐܒܘܒܟܘܢ ܐܒܘܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܐܒܘܒܟܝܢ ܐܒܘܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܐܒܘܒܗܘܢ ܐܒܘܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܐܒܘܒܗܝܢ ܐܒܘܒܝܗܝܢ

References
  • “ˀbwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2a
  • 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, page 3a
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