Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic ظَبْيَة (ẓabya) and Hebrew צְבִיָּה (ṣəḇiyyâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tˤ(ə)viθɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤavjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܛܒܝܬܐ (ṭəḇīṯāʾf (plural ܛܒܝܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܛܒܝܐ)

  1. gazelle
  2. roe, deer, hind

Inflection edit

Proper noun edit

ܛܒܝܬܐ (ṭəḇīṯāʾf

  1. Tabitha, Dorcas (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name

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, page 122a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 509b