Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܠ-ܒ-ܫ (l-b-š) related to clothing; compare Arabic لِبَاس (libās), Hebrew לְבוּשׁ (ləḇûš).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [l(ə.)ˈvɑ.ʃɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈlwɑ.ʃɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈlwo.ʃo], [ˈlbo.ʃo]

Noun edit

ܠܒܫܐ (ləḇāšām (plural ܠܒܫܐ (ləḇāšē))

  1. wearing
  2. garment, clothing
    • Peshitta, Matthew 24:18:
      ܘܐܝܢܐ ܕܒܚܩܠܐ ܗܘ: ܠܐ ܢܬܗܦܟ ܠܒܣܬܪܗ ܠܡܣܒ ܠܒܫܗ.
      wə-ʾaynā ḏa-ḇə-ḥaqlā [h]ū, lā neṯhəp̄eḵ lə-ḇestərēh lə-messaḇ ləḇāšēh.
      Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܠ-ܒ-ܫ (l-b-š) related to clothing; compare Arabic لَبَّاس (labbās).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [labˈbɑ.ʃɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [labˈbɑ.ʃɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [lɑˈbo.ʃo]

Adjective edit

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ܠܒܫܐ (labbāšām (plural ܠܒܫܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܠܒܫܬܐ)

  1. armed, armoured, mailed, breastplated, cuirassed
Inflection edit

Noun edit

ܠܒܫܐ (labbāšām (plural ܠܒܫܐ (labbāšē))

  1. (military) armed soldier
Inflection edit

References edit

  • lbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-15
  • lbš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-19
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 168a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 235a-b
  • 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 672a