Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܘ-ܗ-ܒ (w-h-b) related to giving.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jɑhovɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jɑhove(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܝܗܘܒܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܝܗܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܗܘܒܬܐ)

  1. giver, donor
  2. (grammar) dative case

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

Proper noun edit

ܝܗܘܒܐ (transliteration neededm

  1. (astronomy) name of a star

References edit

  • yhwb”, 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. 139a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 189a
  • 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. 567a