Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From ܨܒܝܢܝܐ (ṣeḇyānāyāʾ, willing, voluntary), from ܨܒܝܢܐ (ṣeḇyānāʾ, will, desire), from the root ܨ-ܒ-ܐ (ṣ-b-ʾ) related to willing + the abstract noun suffix -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯāʾ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sˤɛvjɑnɑjuθɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

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ܨܒܝܢܝܘܬܐ (transliteration neededf(uncountable)

  1. will

Inflection

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References

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  • ṣbynyw”, 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. 472b
  • 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. 1272a