ܒܒܪܐ
Classical Syriac
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCognate to Arabic بَبْر (babr, “tiger”) and cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, “wolf”), likely borrowed from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally “outsider dog”).
Pronunciation
editUncertain.
Noun
editܒܒܪܐ • (bbrʾ) m (plural ܒܒܪܐ)
Inflection
edit inflection of ܒܒܪܐ
| state | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ܒܒܪ | ܒܒܪܝܢ |
| construct | ܒܒܪ | ܒܒܪܝ |
| emphatic | ܒܒܪܐ | ܒܒܪܐ |
| possessive forms | ||
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܒܒܪܝ | ܒܒܪܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܒܒܪܟ | ܒܒܪܝܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܒܒܪܟܝ | ܒܒܪܝܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܒܒܪܗ | ܒܒܪܘܗܝ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܒܒܪܗ | ܒܒܪܝܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܒܒܪܢ | ܒܒܪܝܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܒܒܪܟܘܢ | ܒܒܪܝܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܒܒܪܟܝܢ | ܒܒܪܝܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܒܒܪܗܘܢ | ܒܒܪܝܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܒܒܪܗܝܢ | ܒܒܪܝܗܝܢ |
References
edit- “bbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34b
- 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 116b