ܡܘܬܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܬ-ܒ (w-t-b) related to sitting. Compare Hebrew מוֹשָׁב (môšāḇ). The sense of "part of the liturgy" is a calque of Ancient Greek κάθισμα (káthisma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mawt(ə)vɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mawt(ə)ve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܘܬܒܐ • (mawtəḇā) m (plural ܡܘܬܒܐ)

1. seat, throne
2. sitting
3. (anatomy) buttocks, anus
4. sojourning, stay, visit
5. site, place, location, position
6. habitation, settlement
7. abode, dwelling, domicile
8. pulpit
9. (ecclesiastical) part of the liturgical service sung while sitting
10. see, diocese
11. session, council, congress
12. table

Inflection

    inflection of ܡܘܬܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܡܘܬܒ	ܡܘܬܒܝܢ
construct	ܡܘܬܒ	ܡܘܬܒܝ
emphatic	ܡܘܬܒܐ	ܡܘܬܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܘܬܒܝ	ܡܘܬܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܘܬܒܟ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܘܬܒܟܝ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܘܬܒܗ	ܡܘܬܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܘܬܒܗ	ܡܘܬܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܘܬܒܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܘܬܒܟܘܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܘܬܒܟܝܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܘܬܒܗܘܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܘܬܒܗܝܢ	ܡܘܬܒܝܗܝܢ

References

• “mwtb”, 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. 146a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 260b
• 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. 732a