Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (ləḇônâ) and Arabic لُبَان (lubān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ləbuntɑʔ/, [l(ə)vuttɑ(ʔ)]

Noun edit

ܠܒܘܢܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. frankincense
  2. (by extension) incense

Inflection edit

References edit

  • lbwnh”, 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. 167b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 234a
  • 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. 667b