ܟܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kubbɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kubbe] (plural)

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic كُبّ (kubb) and Hebrew כּוּב (kûḇ).

Noun

ܟܘܒܐ (kubbā) m (plural ܟܘܒܐ (kubbē))

  1. thorn
  2. thorny staff
Inflection
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Byzantine Greek κούπα (koúpa), κοῦπα (koûpa) from Latin cuppa, cūpa.

Noun

ܟܘܒܐ (kubbā) m (plural ܟܘܒܐ (kubbē))

  1. cup, goblet, vessel
Inflection

References

  • kwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • kwb2”, 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 152a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 207a
  • 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 602b-603a
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