ܢܣܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܢ-ܣ-ܒ (n-s-b) related to taking.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑsovɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nɑsove(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܣܘܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܣܘܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܣܘܒܬܐ)

1. taker, receiver, recipient
2. partaker, participant
3. (religion) communicant, faithful
4. husband, spouse
5. perceiver

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܣܘܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܣܘܒ	ܢܣܘܒܝܢ
construct	ܢܣܘܒ	ܢܣܘܒܝ
emphatic	ܢܣܘܒܐ	ܢܣܘܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܣܘܒܝ	ܢܣܘܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܣܘܒܟ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܣܘܒܟܝ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܣܘܒܗ	ܢܣܘܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܣܘܒܗ	ܢܣܘܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܣܘܒܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܣܘܒܟܘܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܣܘܒܟܝܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܣܘܒܗܘܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܣܘܒܗܝܢ	ܢܣܘܒܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “taker”): ܝܗܘܒܐ

References

• “nswb”, 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. 206b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 342a
• 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. 924b