Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܟ-ܐ-ܒ (k-ʾ-b) related to suffering. Compare Hebrew כְּאֵב (kəʾēḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ke(ʔ)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ke(ʔ)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܐܒܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܐܒܐ)

  1. suffering, grief, pain
    Synonym: ܚܫܐ
  2. wound, sore
  3. disease, sickness
    Synonyms: ܟܘܪܗܢܐ, ܡܪܥܐ

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • kˀb”, 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. 149a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 201b
  • 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. 592b