Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Proto-Semitic *ʾirbay- (locust).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܐܪܒܝܬܐ (ʾarbīṯāf (plural ܐܪܒܝܬܐ)

  1. crab; shrimp, prawn

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˀrbytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-23
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
  • 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 94a