Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, flute). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb) and Hebrew אַבּוּב (ʾabbûḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔabˈbu.vɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔabˈbu.ve] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܒܘܒܐ (ʾabbūḇām (plural ܐܒܘܒܐ)

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube
  3. channel, canal

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • ˀbwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2008-11-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2a
  • 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, page 3a