ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ)
7 terms

From ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, “four, fourth”) +‎ ܒ- (b-, “in”) +‎ ܫܲܒܵܐ (šabbā, “week”); compare Arabic الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʔarbiʕāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yom revi’í).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔarb.ˈʕɑːwʃab.bɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔar.ˈboːʃeːba]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [ʔarb.ʕɑwːʃɑːbɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔar.pˤoːʃi.bɑː]

Proper noun

ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ or ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܹܒܵܐ • (arbˁāḇšabbā or arbˁāḇšēbā) m

1. Wednesday

Coordinate terms

• days of the week: ܝܲܘ̈ܡܹܐ ܕܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (yawmē d-šāḇōˁā) (appendix): ܚܲܕ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥaḇšabbā) · ܬܪܹܝܢ݇ܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (trēḇšabbā) · ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (tlāṯāḇšabbā) · ܐܲܪܒܥܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (arbˁāḇšabbā) · ܚܲܡܫܵܒ݂ܫܲܒܵܐ (ḥamšāḇšabbā) · ܥܪܘܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ˁruḇtā) · ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ (šabṯā) ^[edit]

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܪܒܥܐ ܒܫܒܐ
• ܐܪܒܥ ܒܫܒܐ

Etymology

From ܐܪܒܥܐ (ʾarb(ə)ʿā, “four, fourth”) + ܒ- (b(ə)-, “in”) + ܫܒܐ (šabbā), absolute singular form of ܫܒܬܐ (šabb(ə)ṯā, “Saturday, week”). Compare Arabic الأرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ) and Hebrew יוֹם רְבִיעִי (yôm rəḇîʿî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbɑ] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔarbaʕb(ə)ʃabbe] (in the plural)

Noun

ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐ)

1. Wednesday

Synonyms

• ܝܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܐ

References

• “ˀrbˁ**bšbˀ”, 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, page 335b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
• 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, →ISBN, pages 94a–b