Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Aramaic טַבְיָא (ṭaḇyā), Arabic ظَبْي (ẓaby), Hebrew צְבִי (ṣəḇî), Ugaritic 𐎑𐎁𐎊 (ẓby).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tˤavjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤ(ə)vajjɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܛܒܝܐ (ṭaḇyāʾm (plural ܛܒܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܒܝܬܐ)

  1. gazelle
  2. roe, deer, buck

Inflection edit

Irregular inflection with a stem ending in Yodh.

References edit

  • ṭby”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 122a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 166a
  • 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. 509b