Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħor(ə)vɑ], [ħur(ə)vɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħor(ə)ve], [ħur(ə)ve] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥōrḇāf (plural ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥōrḇē))

  1. stork, heron
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܒ (ḥ-r-b) related to ruining. Compare Arabic خِرْبَة (ḵirba) and Hebrew חֹרֶב (ḥṓreḇ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥurbām (plural ܚܘܪܒܐ (ḥurbē))

  1. ruin, ravaging, devastation, desolation
  2. desert, wilderness, plain
  3. emptiness, solitude
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥwrbˀ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥwrbˀ”, 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, page 116a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 134b
  • 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 433a