ܡܥܪܒܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
| Root |
|---|
| ܥ ܪ ܒ (ˁ r b) |
| 6 terms |
Etymology edit
From Aramaic מַּערְבָא (maʿrəḇā), derived from the same root as עֲרָבָא (ʿărāḇā, “sunset”); compare Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (maˁrḇā) m (uncountable)
- west, occident (the direction of the setting sun at an equinox)
- Synonyms: ܡܓܲܢܝܵܢܵܐ (mganyānā), ܓܢܵܝ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (gnāy yawmā)
- ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ ܩܛܵܠ ܥܲܡܵܐ، ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܥܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܵܠܘܼܬܵܐ.
- min ˁillat qṭāl ˁammā, āšōrāyē ˁrīq lhōn l-maˁrḇā b-gālūtā.
- Because of the genocide, Assyrians have fled to the west in diaspora.
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܝܼ (maˁrḇī) | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܲܢ (maˁrḇan) | ||
| construct | ܡܲܥܪܲܒ݂ (maˁraḇ) |
2nd person | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (maˁrḇūḵ) |
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (maˁrḇāḵ) |
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (maˁrḇāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) |
3rd person | ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܹܗ (maˁrḇēh) |
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܗ̇ (maˁrḇāh) |
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܗܘܿܢ (maˁrḇhōn) | ||
Coordinate terms edit
- (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);
| ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
| ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | 
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ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) |
| ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
Derived terms edit
- ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ (maˁrḇāˀīt, “westerly”)
- ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (maˁrḇāyūtā)
- ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܵܐ (maˁrḇāyā, “western, occidental”)
- ܡܲܥܪܸܒ݂ (maˁriḇ, “to westernise”)
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (pāwḥā dmadnḥā, “west wind”)
Related terms edit
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ (ʿ-r-b) related to the setting of the sun. Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib), غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c (uncountable)
Antonyms edit
References edit
- “mˁrb”, 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. 263b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a-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, p. 804b