Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ (d-b-r) related to driving.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܕܒܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. leading, driving, managing
  2. movement, agitation
  3. ploughing/plowing, tilling
  4. cultivation
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܕ-ܒ-ܪ (d-b-r).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܕܒܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. land, country, countryside, pasture land
  2. field
  3. desert
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit

References edit

  • dbr”, 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, p. 58a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 83a
  • 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, p. 272b