Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܙ-ܒ-ܕ (z-b-d) related to endowing. Compare Hebrew זֶבֶד (zéḇeḏ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zɛvdɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zɛvde(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܙܒܕܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܒܕܐ)

  1. gift, dowry, dower
    Synonym: ܩܘܪܒܢܐ

Inflection edit

References edit

  • zbd”, 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, p. 83a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 109a
  • 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, p. 362a