Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܪܒܝܥܐ

Etymology edit

Root
ܪ ܒ ܥ (r b ˁ)
7 terms

Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [rviːʕɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [rviːʔɑː], [rviːjɑː]

Noun edit

ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁām (plural ܪ̈ܒ݂ܝܼܥܹܐ (rḇīˁē))

  1. spring (season when plants bloom and dormant animals spring to life)
    Synonyms: ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢ̈ܝܼܣܵܢܹܐ (bēy nīsānē), ܬܸܕ݂ܐܵܐ (tiḏˀā)
  2. square tabor, tambourine, timbrel

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See also edit

(seasons) ܐܸܩܡܹ̈ܐ (iqmē); ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܐ (rḇīˁā) or ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹ̈ܐ (bēy nīsānē, spring), ܩܲܝܛܵܐ (qayṭā, summer), ܬܸܫܪ̈ܝܵܘܵܬܹܐ (tišryāwātē, autumn), ܣܸܬܘܵܐ (sitwā, winter), (Category: aii:Seasons)

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܪ-ܒ-ܥ (r-b-ʿ) related to the number four. Compare Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ) and Hebrew רְבִיעָה (rəḇîʿâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [r(ə)viʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [r(ə)viʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܪܒܝܥܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܪܒܝܥܐ)

  1. square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
  2. early rain, spring rain
  3. spring (season)
    Synonym: ܬܕܐܐ

Inflection edit

References edit

  • rbyˁ”, 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. 336a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 526b
  • 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. 1428b