Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܫ ܪ ܒ (š r b)
2 terms

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃarbə.tɑː]

Noun edit

ܫܲܪܒܬܵܐ (šarbtāf sg (plural ܫܲܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܬܹܐ (šarḇātē))

  1. generation, genealogy
  2. tribe, clan, nation, stock
  3. order, rank
  4. (linguistics) etymology
  5. (biology, taxonomy) family
    ܐܲܪ̈ܝܹܐ ܕܝܼܠ ܫܲܪܒܬܵܐ ܫܘܼܢܵܪܵܝܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ.aryē dīl šarbtā šūnārāyā ìnā.Lions belong to the family Felidae.
  6. (modern) race (large genealogical group)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܫ-ܪ-ܒ (š-r-b) related to propagating.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʃarb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃar(ə)vɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܫܪܒܬܐ (šarbṯāf (plural ܫܪܒܬܐ)

  1. generation, genealogy
  2. family, tribe, nation, stock, race
  3. order, rank
  4. (linguistics) etymology

Inflection edit

References edit

  • šrbh”, 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. 383a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 597a
  • 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. 1601a