Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Akkadian 𒂘 (ebūru [BURU14]) and Hebrew עֲבֹר (ʿăḇōr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)vurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕ(ə)vure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܒܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܒܘܪܐ)

  1. grain, crop, produce; corn, wheat; food, victuals
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܥ-ܒ-ܪ (ʿ-b-r) related to crossing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɑvorɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɑvore(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective edit

ܥܒܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܒܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܒܘܪܬܐ)

  1. passing, transient, transitory
  2. passing away
Inflection edit

Noun edit

ܥܒܘܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܒܘܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܒܘܪܬܐ)

  1. crosser, traveller, wayfarer, passer-by
  2. transgressor
  3. transgressing
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁbwr”, 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. 242a, b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 398a
  • 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. 1062a