Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew יָבָם (yāḇām).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [javmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [javme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܝܒܡܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܝܒܡܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܒܡܬܐ)

  1. brother-in-law (specifically husband's brother)

Inflection edit

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See also edit

References edit

  • ybm”, 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. 136a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 185b
  • 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. 561a