ܙܒܢܐ

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Classical SyriacEdit

Etymology 1Edit

A loanword from an indeterminate source.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [zavnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zavne(ʔ)] (plural)

NounEdit

ܙܒܢܐ • (zaḇnā) c (plural ܙܒܢܐ)

1. time
2. temporality, ephemerality
3. caducity, fragility
4. epoch, era, age
5. occasion, moment, instance
6. season
7. (grammar) tense

Usage notesEdit

Usually, the sense of "moment" or "instance" is feminine while all other senses are masculine.

InflectionEdit

    declension of ܙܒܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܒܢ	ܙܒܢܝܢ
construct	ܙܒܢ	ܙܒܢܝ
emphatic	ܙܒܢܐ	ܙܒܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܒܢܝ	ܙܒܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܒܢܟ	ܙܒܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܒܢܟܝ	ܙܒܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܒܢܗ	ܙܒܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܒܢܗ	ܙܒܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܒܢܢ	ܙܒܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܒܢܟܘܢ	ܙܒܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܒܢܟܝܢ	ܙܒܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܒܢܗܘܢ	ܙܒܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܒܢܗܝܢ	ܙܒܢܝܗܝܢ

See alsoEdit

• ܙܒܢܬܐ‎

Etymology 2Edit

From the root ܙ-ܒ-ܢ‎ (z-b-n) related to purchasing.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [z(ə)vɑnɑ(ʔ)], [zɛvnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [z(ə)vɑne(ʔ)], [zɛvne(ʔ)] (plural)

NounEdit

ܙܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܒܢܐ)

1. purchasing, purchase
2. merchandise

InflectionEdit

    declension of ܙܒܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܙܒܢ	ܙܒܢܝܢ
construct	ܙܒܢ	ܙܒܢܝ
emphatic	ܙܒܢܐ	ܙܒܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܙܒܢܝ	ܙܒܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܙܒܢܟ	ܙܒܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܙܒܢܟܝ	ܙܒܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܙܒܢܗ	ܙܒܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܙܒܢܗ	ܙܒܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܙܒܢܢ	ܙܒܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܙܒܢܟܘܢ	ܙܒܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܙܒܢܟܝܢ	ܙܒܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܙܒܢܗܘܢ	ܙܒܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܙܒܢܗܝܢ	ܙܒܢܝܗܝܢ

See alsoEdit

• ܙܘܒܢܐ‎

ReferencesEdit

• “zbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 83b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 109b-110a
• 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. 363a-b