Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew שַׁבְשֶׁבֶת (šaḇšéḇeṯ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ve(j)ʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)ve(j)ʃte(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܒܝܫܬܐ (transliteration neededc (plural ܫܒܝܫܬܐ)

  1. (botany, horticulture) vine branch, twig, shoot, sucker, tendril

Usage notes edit

This word is usually feminine.

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šbyšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 358b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 558a
  • 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. 1503b