ܟܠܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• Hebrew script: כלבתא

Etymology 1

Feminine form of ܟܠܒܐ. Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kalb-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kalb(ə)θɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kalbɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Adjective

ܟܠܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. feminine emphatic singular of ܟܰܠܒܳܐ
2. feminine emphatic plural of ܟܰܠܒܶܐ

Noun

ܟܠܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܠܒܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܟܠܒܐ)

1. dog, hound, bitch
2. (figuratively) pincers, tongs, tweezers, nippers, fork
3. (animal anatomy) arm, claw
4. plate, thin piece of metal
5. stitch
6. crack

Inflection

    declension of ܟܠܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܠܒܐ	ܟܠܒܢ
construct	ܟܠܒܬ	ܟܠܒܬ
emphatic	ܟܠܒܬܐ	ܟܠܒܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܠܒܬܝ	ܟܠܒܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟ	ܟܠܒܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟܝ	ܟܠܒܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܠܒܬܗ	ܟܠܒܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܠܒܬܗ	ܟܠܒܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܠܒܬܢ	ܟܠܒܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟܘܢ	ܟܠܒܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟܝܢ	ܟܠܒܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܠܒܬܗܘܢ	ܟܠܒܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܠܒܬܗܝܢ	ܟܠܒܬܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kallɑvtɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [kallɑvɑθɑ(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܟܠܒܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܠܒܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܟܠܒܐ)

1. dog keeper, dog trainer; one who hunts with dogs

Inflection

    declension of ܟܠܒܬܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܠܒܐ	ܟܠܒܢ
construct	ܟܠܒܬ	ܟܠܒܬ
emphatic	ܟܠܒܬܐ	ܟܠܒܬܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܠܒܬܝ	ܟܠܒܬܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟ	ܟܠܒܬܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟܝ	ܟܠܒܬܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܠܒܬܗ	ܟܠܒܬܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܠܒܬܗ	ܟܠܒܬܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܠܒܬܢ	ܟܠܒܬܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟܘܢ	ܟܠܒܬܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܠܒܬܟܝܢ	ܟܠܒܬܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܠܒܬܗܘܢ	ܟܠܒܬܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܠܒܬܗܝܢ	ܟܠܒܬܗܝܢ

References

• “klbh”, 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, page 156a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 215b
• 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, pp. 622b, 623a