Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Akkadian 𒂟𒁉𒇻 (/⁠zanbilu, zabbilu⁠/). Compare Arabic زَنْبِيل (zanbīl) and زِبِّيل (zibbīl), Hebrew זְבִיל (zəḇîl) and Old Armenian զամբիւղ (zambiwł).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zabbilɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zabbile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܙܒܝܠܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܒܝܠܐ)

  1. basket, frail

Inflection edit

References edit

  • zbyl”, 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, pp. 83a, 90a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 109a, 118a
  • 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, pp. 362b, 387b