Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܨ-ܒ (n-ṣ-b) related to erecting. Compare Arabic نَصْبَة (naṣba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɛsˤb(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɛsˤbɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܨܒܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܢܨܒܬܐ)

  1. plant, shoot, slip, sucker
  2. seed
  3. planting, inseminating, reproduction
  4. sown place, plantation
  5. locust egg

Inflection edit

References edit

  • nṣbh”, 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. 211a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 347b
  • 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. 939a