ܥܘܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic عُبّ (ʕubb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕubbɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʕubbe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܥܘܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܘܒܐ)

1. (anatomy) bosom, breast; lap; womb
2. hollow, recess, cavity, core
3. pocket, receptacle
4. concavity
5. (geography) gulf, bay, lagoon
6. (botany) calyx
7. (carpentry) plane
8. (trigonometry, mathematics) sine
9. (pathology, in the plural) piles, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids

Inflection

Inflection of ܥܘܒܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܥܘܒ		1st person	ܥܘܒܝ		ܥܘܒܢ
	construct	ܥܘܒ		2nd person	ܥܘܒܟ	ܥܘܒܟܝ	ܥܘܒܟܘܢ	ܥܘܒܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܘܒܗ	ܥܘܒܗ	ܥܘܒܗܘܢ	ܥܘܒܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܥܘܒܝܢ		1st person	ܥܘܒܝ		ܥܘܒܝܢ
	construct	ܥܘܒܝ		2nd person	ܥܘܒܝܟ	ܥܘܒܝܟܝ	ܥܘܒܝܟܘܢ	ܥܘܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܥܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܥܘܒܘܗܝ	ܥܘܒܝܗ	ܥܘܒܝܗܘܢ	ܥܘܒܝܗܝܢ

Synonyms

• (plane): ܚܠܘܠܐ

References

• “ˁwb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 403a
• 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. 1076a