ܐܒܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܐ-ܒ-ܠ (ʾ-b-l) related to mourning; compare Hebrew אֵבֶל (ʾḗḇel). The asceticism sense apparently has its root in the destruction of Jerusalem spawning practices of abstinence from thereunto sacrificed victual.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.lɑ] (singular)
IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛv.le] (plural)

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾeḇlā) m (plural ܐܒܠܐ)

Inflection

inflection of ܐܒܠܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܒܠ	ܐܒܠܝܢ
construct	ܐܒܠ	ܐܒܠܝ
emphatic	ܐܒܠܐ	ܐܒܠܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܒܠܝ	ܐܒܠܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܒܠܟ	ܐܒܠܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܒܠܟܝ	ܐܒܠܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܒܠܗ	ܐܒܠܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܒܠܗ	ܐܒܠܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܒܠܢ	ܐܒܠܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܒܠܟܘܢ	ܐܒܠܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܒܠܟܝܢ	ܐܒܠܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܒܠܗܘܢ	ܐܒܠܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܒܠܗܝܢ	ܐܒܠܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛb.(bə.)lɑ], [ʔɛbˈbɑ.lɑ], [ʔabˈbɑ.lɑ]

Noun

ܐܒܠܐ • (ʾebbəlā, ʾebbālā, ʾabbālā)

absolute singular of ܐܒܠܬܐ

References

“ˀbl”, 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
Nestle, Eberhard (1902) “Zur syrischen Übersetzung der Kirchengeschichte des Eusebius”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 56, page 562
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2b
Rieger, Paul (1903) “ܐܒܝܠܐ „Der Mönch“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 57, pages 747–749
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 4b