ܕܒܐ ܪܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܕܒܐ (debbāʾ, “bear”) + ܪܒܬܐ (rabbəṯāʾ, “great(er)”), feminine form of ܪܒܐ (rabbāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛbbɑ(ʔ) rab(bə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܕܒܐ ܪܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f

1. (astronomy) Great Bear, Ursa Major

See also

• ܕܒܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ

References

• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 81b