ܫܒܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering. Compare Arabic سِبْط (sibṭ), Hebrew שֵׁבֶט (šḗḇeṭ) and Armenian ճիպոտ (čipot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃavtˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃavtˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܒܛܐ • (šaḇṭā) m (plural ܫܒܛܐ)

1. rod, staff, sceptre
2. spear, lance
3. stick, branch
4. stroke, strike, blow, hit, whipping
5. punishment
6. rod (unit of measure); measuring rod, standard
7. (in the plural) fasces
8. stripe, streak, flash
9. (astronomy) meteor
10. (figuratively) scourge, plague
11. tribe, clan, race (especially Jews)
12. arum

Inflection

    inflection of ܫܒܛܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܫܒܛ	ܫܒܛܝܢ
construct	ܫܒܛ	ܫܒܛܝ
emphatic	ܫܒܛܐ	ܫܒܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܛܝ	ܫܒܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܛܟ	ܫܒܛܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܛܟܝ	ܫܒܛܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܛܗ	ܫܒܛܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܛܗ	ܫܒܛܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܛܢ	ܫܒܛܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܛܟܘܢ	ܫܒܛܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܛܟܝܢ	ܫܒܛܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܛܗܘܢ	ܫܒܛܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܛܗܝܢ	ܫܒܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From the root ܫ-ܒ-ܛ (š-b-ṭ) related to beating out or hammering.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑtˤɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܒܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. straight hair
2. smooth cloth
3. salt pork

Inflection

    declension of ܫܒܛܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܫܒܛ
construct	ܫܒܛ
emphatic	ܫܒܛܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܫܒܛܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܫܒܛܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܫܒܛܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܫܒܛܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܫܒܛܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܫܒܛܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܫܒܛܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܫܒܛܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܫܒܛܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܫܒܛܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܥܩܣܩܣܐ

References

• “šbṭ”, 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. 357a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 556a
• 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. 1501b