Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic نَاب (nāb) and Hebrew נִיב (nîḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [niːvaː]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [niːva], [niːwa]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [niːva]

Noun edit

ܢܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (nīḇām (plural ܢܝܼܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (nīḇē))

  1. (anatomy) canine tooth
  2. tusk
  3. crab's claw

See also edit

Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Arabic نَاب (nāb) and Hebrew נִיב (nîḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nivɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nive(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܝܒܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܢܝܒܐ)

  1. (anatomy) canine tooth; molar
  2. tusk
  3. crab's claw

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • nyb”, 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. 203b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
  • 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. 913b

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