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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܥܘܒ	ܥܘܒܝܢ
construct	ܥܘܒ	ܥܘܒܝ
emphatic	ܥܘܒܐ	ܥܘܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܥܘܒܝ	ܥܘܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܥܘܒܟ	ܥܘܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܥܘܒܟܝ	ܥܘܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܥܘܒܗ	ܥܘܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܥܘܒܗ	ܥܘܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܥܘܒܢ	ܥܘܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܥܘܒܟܘܢ	ܥܘܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܥܘܒܟܝܢ	ܥܘܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܥܘܒܗܘܢ	ܥܘܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܥܘܒܗܝܢ	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