ܕܒܫܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒋭 (lal₃ /⁠dišpu⁠/, “syrup”), Arabic دِبْس (dibs, “molasses”), Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dəḇaš, “honey”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛv.ʃɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪw.ʃɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛw.ʃo]

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (deḇšā) m (plural ܕܒܫܐ)

1. honey
   • Peshitta, Luke 24:42:

     ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܝܗܒܘ ܠܗ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܢܘܢܐ ܕܛܘܝܐ. ܘܡܢ ܟܟܪܝܬܐ ܕܕܒܫܐ.

     hennōn dên ya[h]ḇ[w] lēh mənāṯā men nūnā ḏə-ṭāwyā, wə-men kakkārīṯā ḏə-ḏeḇšā.

     And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.

2. wax

Inflection

    inflection of ܕܒܫܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܕܒܫ	ܕܒܫܝܢ
construct	ܕܒܫ	ܕܒܫܝ
emphatic	ܕܒܫܐ	ܕܒܫܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܕܒܫܝ	ܕܒܫܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܕܒܫܟ	ܕܒܫܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܕܒܫܟܝ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܕܒܫܗ	ܕܒܫܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܕܒܫܗ	ܕܒܫܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܕܒܫܢ	ܕܒܫܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܕܒܫܟܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܕܒܫܟܝܢ	ܕܒܫܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܕܒܫܗܘܢ	ܕܒܫܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܕܒܫܗܝܢ	ܕܒܫܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (wax): ܫܥܘܬܐ (šəʿōṯā, šāʿōṯā)

Derived terms

• ܕܒܫ (dabbeš)
• ܕܒܫܬܐ (dabbāštā)

Etymology 2

Noun

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšā)

1. absolute singular of ܕܒܫܬܐ

ܕܒܫܐ • (dabbāšē)

1. emphatic plural of ܕܒܫܬܐ

References

• “dbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 58b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 273a