ܨܒܥܐ

From Proto-Semitic *ʾiṣbaʿ-, compare Jewish Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא‎ (ʾeṣbəʿā), Arabic إِصْبَع‎ (ʾiṣbaʿ), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע‎ (ʾeṣbaʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.

• IPA^(key): [sˁɛvʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˁɛvʕe(ʔ)], [sˁɛvʕɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

ܨܒܥܐ • (ṣeḇʿā) f (plural ܨܒܥܬܐ‎ or ܨܒܥܐ)

1. (anatomy) finger, toe, digit
2. finger (unit of measure equal to six barleycorns)

Usually, the plural ܨܒܥܐ‎ (ṣeḇʿēʾ) is a paucal plural (from two to ten) while the plural ܨܒܥܬܐ‎ (ṣeḇʿāṯāʾ) is a multiple plural (eleven or more).

From the root ܨ-ܒ-ܥ‎ (ṣ-b-ʿ) related to dyeing, and the verb ܨܒܥ‎ (ṣbaʿ, “to dip, to immerse; to dye”) from Proto-Semitic *ṣabaġ-. Compare Arabic صِبْغ‎ (ṣibḡ) and Hebrew צֶבַע‎ (ṣéḇaʿ).

• IPA^(key): [sˁɛvʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˁɛvʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܨܒܥܐ • (ṣeḇʿā) m (plural ܨܒܥܐ)

1. color/colour, coloring/colouring

From the root ܨ-ܒ-ܥ‎ (ṣ-b-ʿ) related to dyeing. Compare Arabic صَبْغ‎ (ṣabḡ).

• IPA^(key): [sˁ(ə)vɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˁ(ə)vɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܨܒܥܐ • (ṣəḇāʿā) m (plural ܨܒܥܐ)

1. dyeing, coloring/colouring
2. dye, pigment
3. (medicine) external application

From the root ܨ-ܒ-ܥ‎ (ṣ-b-ʿ) related to dyeing. Compare Arabic صَبَّاغ‎ (ṣabbāḡ) and Hebrew צַבָּע‎ (ṣabbāʿ).

• IPA^(key): [sˁabbɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [sˁabbɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܨܒܥܐ • (ṣabbāʿā) m (plural ܨܒܥܐ)

1. dyer

• “ṣbˁ”, 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, page 298a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 473a
• 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 1272a-b