Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܨ-ܘ-ܒ (ṣ-w-b) related to visiting.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sˤujjɑvɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤujjɑve] (plural)

Noun

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ܨܘܝܒܐ (ṣuyyāḇām (plural ܨܘܝܒܐ (ṣuyyāḇē))

  1. preparation

Inflection

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Proper noun

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ܨܘܝܒܐ (ṣuyyāḇām

  1. (Christianity) Advent

References

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  • ṣwyb”, 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, page 475b
  • 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, page 1279a