Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dɛbbɑ(ʔ) rab(bə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun edit

ܕܒܐ ܪܒܬܐ (transliteration neededf

  1. (astronomy) Great Bear, Ursa Major

See also edit

References edit

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