Classical Syriac edit

 
ܕܘܠܒܐ

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒄑𒄢𒁍 (GIŠGUL.BU /⁠dulbu⁠/). Also found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דּוּלְבָא (dulbā), Hebrew דֹּלֶב (dṓleḇ), Arabic دُلْب (dulb), Persian دلب (dolb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dulbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dulbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܕܘܠܒܐ (dulbām (plural ܕܘܠܒܐ)

  1. oriental plane tree

Inflection edit

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

References edit

  • dlwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-19
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 31
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 65–67
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 107
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 86b
  • 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 282b