כלבתא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܟܠܒܬܐ

Etymology

Feminine form of כלבא. Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kalb-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalbtɑʔ/

Noun

כלבתא • (transliteration needed) f (plural כלבתא, singular masculine counterpart כלבא)

1. dog, bitch

References

• “klbh”, 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