ܙܒܢܐ
Classical SyriacEdit
Etymology 1Edit
A loanword from an indeterminate source. Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *zaman-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ܙܒܢܐ • (zaḇnā) c (plural ܙܒܢܐ)
- time
- temporality, ephemerality
- caducity, fragility
- epoch, era, age
- occasion, moment, instance
- season
- (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
Etymology 2Edit
From the root ܙ-ܒ-ܢ (z-b-n) related to purchasing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ܙܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܒܢܐ)
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
ReferencesEdit
- “zbn”, 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. 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