ܚܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܒ‎ (ḥ-r-b) related to killing, from Proto-Semitic *ḥrb. Compare Arabic حَرْب‎ (ḥarb) and Hebrew חֶרֶב‎ (ḥéreḇ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ħarbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħarbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܪܒܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܚܪܒܐ)

  1. sword, dagger, blade
  2. spearpoint
  3. ploughshare/plowshare, plough/plow
  4. killing, slaughter
  5. war
  6. defeat, loss
  7. ravaging, devastating, destroying, ruining
  8. desolation, emptiness
  9. avenging, vengeance

Inflection
    declension of ܚܪܒܐ
state singular plural
absolute ܚܪܒ ܚܪܒܝܢ
construct ܚܪܒ ܚܪܒܝ
emphatic ܚܪܒܐ ܚܪܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my) ܚܪܒܝ ܚܪܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your) ܚܪܒܟ ܚܪܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your) ܚܪܒܟܝ ܚܪܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his) ܚܪܒܗ ܚܪܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her) ܚܪܒܗ ܚܪܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our) ܚܪܒܢ ܚܪܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your) ܚܪܒܟܘܢ ܚܪܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your) ܚܪܒܟܝܢ ܚܪܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their) ܚܪܒܗܘܢ ܚܪܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their) ܚܪܒܗܝܢ ܚܪܒܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

Proper noun

ܚܪܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m

  1. (astronomy) name of a comet

References
  • “ḥrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 115a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 156a
  • 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, p. 486a
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