כלבא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܟܠܒܐ

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kalb-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalbɑʔ/

Noun

כַּלְבָּא • (transliteration needed) m (plural כַּלְבַיָּא, singular feminine counterpart כלבתא)

1. dog

Inflection

    declension of כלבא

	singular	plural
absolute	כְּלֵב	כַּלְבִּין
construct	כְּלַב	כַּלְבֵּי
emphatic	כַּלְבָּא	כַּלְבַּיָּא

References

• “klb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Lishana Deni

Etymology

From Aramaic כַּלְבָּא (kalbā).

Noun

כלבא (kalba) m (feminine counterpart כלפתא (kalәpṯa), plural כלויה (kalwe))

1. dog

Derived terms

• (vulgar) כלבא בר כלבא (kalba bər kalba, “son of a bitch”)