Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew עַכְבָּר (ʿaḵbār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕuqb(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕuqb(ə)re(ʔ)], [ʕuqavre(ʔ)], [ʕuqɛvre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܘܩܒܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܘܩܒܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܥܘܩܒܪܬܐ)

  1. mouse, field mouse, rat, jerboa
  2. maggot
  3. kind of sore

Usage notes edit

While the word is normally considered masculine, it may occasionally be feminine when specifically referring to a female.

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˁwqbr”, 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. 248b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 407a
  • 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. 1085a