Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒊭𒁀𒁉𒅎 (/⁠ša bābi⁠/, doorkeeper?; person belonging to a sector of a city, of a particular area around a section of wall, nearest such a gate or entrance, literally of the gate).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑvɑθɑ] (plural)

Adjective edit

ܫܒܒܬܐ (šəḇāḇtā, šəḇāḇāṯā)

  1. feminine emphatic singular of ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā)
  2. feminine emphatic plural of ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā)

Noun edit

ܫܒܒܬܐ (šəḇāḇtāf (plural ܫܒܒܬܐ (šəḇāḇāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܫܒܒܐ (šəḇāḇā))

  1. neighbor/neighbour

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šbbh”, 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 356a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 555a
  • 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 1499b