ܒܒܪܐ
Classical Syriac edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Arabic بَبْر (babr, “tiger”) and cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, “wolf”), likely borrowed from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally “outsider dog”).
Pronunciation edit
Uncertain.
Noun edit
ܒܒܪܐ • (bbrʾ) m (plural ܒܒܪܐ)
Inflection edit
inflection of ܒܒܪܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܒܒܪ | ܒܒܪܝܢ |
| construct | ܒܒܪ | ܒܒܪܝ |
| emphatic | ܒܒܪܐ | ܒܒܪܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܒܪܝ | ܒܒܪܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܒܪܟ | ܒܒܪܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܒܪܟܝ | ܒܒܪܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܒܪܗ | ܒܒܪܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܒܪܗ | ܒܒܪܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܒܪܢ | ܒܒܪܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܒܪܟܘܢ | ܒܒܪܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܒܪܟܝܢ | ܒܒܪܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܒܪܗܘܢ | ܒܒܪܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܒܪܗܝܢ | ܒܒܪܝܗܝܢ |
References edit
- “bbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34b
- 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 116b